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勇

yǒng

HSK 4 Character

What 勇 means

1. brave

Example sentences

• 勇敢点！
  Have courage!
• 他很勇敢。
  He is very brave.
• 您非常勇敢。
  You are very brave.
• 你非常勇敢。
  You are very brave.
• 他缺乏勇气。
  He is wanting in courage.
• 我没那么勇敢。
  I'm not so brave.

Words starting with 勇

• 勇敢yǒng gǎnbrave; courageous
• 勇气yǒng qìcourage
• 勇于yǒng yúto dare to; to be brave enough to
• 勇士yǒng shìa warrior; a brave person
• 勇猛yǒng měngbold and powerful; brave and fierce
• 勇往直前yǒng wǎng zhí qiánto advance bravely
• 勇力yǒng lìcourage and strength
• 勇武yǒng wǔbrave
• 勇决yǒng juédecisive; brave
• 勇略yǒng lüèbrave and cunning
• 勇气可嘉yǒng qì kě jiāto deserve praise for one's courage (idiom)
• 勇悍yǒng hànbrave
• 勇往前进yǒng wǎng qián jìnsee 勇往直前

Words containing 勇

• 英勇yīng yǒngheroic; gallant; valiant
• 见义勇为jiàn yì yǒng wéi(idiom, from the Analects) (usu. of a passer-by who comes across a critical situation) to…
• 自告奋勇zì gào fèn yǒngto volunteer for; to offer to undertake
• 奋勇fèn yǒngdauntless; to summon up courage and determination; using extreme force of will
• 神勇shén yǒngextraordinarily brave; heroic
• 义勇军yì yǒng jūnvolunteer army
• 武勇wǔ yǒngmilitary skills; valor; valorous
• 义勇yì yǒngcourageous in fighting for a just cause
• 李敏勇Lǐ Mǐn yǒngLi Minyong (1947-), Taiwanese poet
• 白先勇Bái Xiān yǒngBai Xianyong (1937-), Chinese-Taiwanese-US novelist of Hui descent
• 散兵游勇sǎn bīng yóu yǒnglit. straggling and disbanded soldiers (idiom); fig. disorganized uncoordinated action
• 有勇无谋yǒu yǒng wú móubold but not very astute (idiom)
• 血气之勇xuè qì zhī yǒng(idiom) the courage born of stirred emotions
• 鼓起勇气gǔ qǐ yǒng qìto summon one's courage
• 鼓足勇气gǔ zú yǒng qìto summon one's courage
• 义勇军进行曲Yì yǒng jūn Jìn xíng qǔMarch of the Volunteer Army (PRC National Anthem)
• 忠勇zhōng yǒngloyal and brave
• 余勇可贾yú yǒng kě gǔlit. spare valor for sale (idiom); fig. after former successes, still ready for more…
• 英勇牺牲yīng yǒng xī shēngto heroically sacrifice one's life
• 阮晋勇Ruǎn Jìn yǒngNguyễn Tấn Dũng (1949-), prime minister of Vietnam 2006-2016
• 大勇若怯dà yǒng ruò qièa great hero may appear timid (idiom); the really brave person remains level-headed
• 悍勇hàn yǒngintrepid; valiant; dauntless
• 湘勇Xiāng yǒngHunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom…
• 骁勇善战xiāo yǒng shàn zhànto be brave and good at fighting (idiom)

Characters built on 甬

These share the phonetic component 甬 (yǒng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert
• 痛tòngache; pain; sorrow
• 桶tǒngbucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc)
• 涌yǒngto well up; to gush forth; to surge
• 诵sòngto read aloud; to recite
• 捅tǒngto poke; to jab; to give (sb) a nudge; to prod; to disclose; to reveal
• 恿yǒngused in 怂恿
• 踊yǒngleap

Characters that look like 勇

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 责zéduty; responsibility; to reproach
• 胃wèistomach
• 帛bósilk
• 隽juànmeaningful; significant
• 胄zhòuhelmet; descendants
• 莠yǒuSetaria viridis; vicious

Sounds the same

Read yǒng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 泳swimming; to swim
• 永forever; always; perpetual
• 涌to well up; to gush forth; to surge
• 踊leap
• 咏to sing
• 蛹chrysalis; pupa
• 恿used in 怂恿
• 俑wooden figures buried with the dead
• 甬path screened by walls on both sides
• 禜sacrifice
• 埇raised path
• 栐(archaic) a kind of tree whose timber was used to make ceremonial tablets 笏