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英

yīng

HSK 5 Character

What 英 means

1. hero
2. outstanding
3. excellent
4. literaryflower
5. blossom

Other readings

英 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• YīngUnited Kingdom; British; England

Example sentences

• 好英俊！
  How handsome!
• 说英语！
  Speak English.
• 英年早逝。
  Yīngniánzǎoshì.
  Whom the gods love die young.
• 我教英语。
  I teach English.
• 我学英语。
  I study English.
• 用英语说。
  Say it in English.

Words starting with 英

• 英语Yīng yǔEnglish (language)
• 英国Yīng guóUnited Kingdom (UK); Britain
• 英文Yīng wénEnglish (language)
• 英雄yīng xiónghero
• 英俊yīng jùnhandsome
• 英勇yīng yǒngheroic; gallant; valiant
• 英明yīng míngwise; brilliant
• 英镑Yīng bàngpound sterling
• 英国人Yīng guó rénBritish person; British people
• 英里yīng lǐmile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km)
• 英格兰Yīng gé lánEngland
• 英寸yīng cùninch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.)
• 英尺yīng chǐfoot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m)
• 英特尔Yīng tè ěrIntel
• 英伦Yīng lúnEngland
• 英语系Yīng yǔ xìanglophone; English department
• 英语角Yīng yǔ jiǎoEnglish corner; spoken English practice group
• 英华Yīng HuáEnglish-Chinese
• 英武yīng wǔsoldierly; martial (appearance)
• 英式Yīng shìBritish-style; English-style
• 英军Yīng jūnBritish army
• 英名yīng míngillustrious name; legendary reputation
• 英姿yīng zīheroic bearing; dashing figure
• 英烈yīng lièhero; martyr; heroic

Words containing 英

• 精英jīng yīngcream; elite; essence
• 汉英Hàn YīngChinese-English
• 马英九Mǎ Yīng jiǔMa Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006…
• 蒲公英pú gōng yīngdandelion (Taraxacum mongolicum)
• 民族英雄mín zú yīng xióngnational hero
• 宋祖英Sòng Zǔ yīngSong Zuying (1966-), Chinese folk music singer
• 群英qún yīngassemblage of talented individuals; ensemble of heroes
• 新英格兰Xīn Yīng gé lánNew England
• 石英shí yīngquartz
• 大英帝国Dà yīng Dì guóBritish Empire
• 中英Zhōng YīngSino-British; Chinese-English
• 反英fǎn Yīnganti-English
• 大英Dà yīngDaying county in Suining 遂宁; Great Britain
• 美英Měi YīngUS and UK; Anglo-American
• 项英Xiàng YīngXiang Ying (1898-1941), communist general involved in forming the New Fourth Army 新四军
• 领英Lǐng yīngLinkedIn (professional networking website)
• 罗家英Luó Jiā yīngLaw Kar-Ying (1946-), Hong Kong actor
• 中式英语Zhōng shì Yīng yǔChinglish
• 大英国协Dà yīng Guó xiéBritish Commonwealth of Nations (Tw)
• 东条英机Dōng tiáo Yīng jīTojo Hideki (1884-1948), Japanese military leader hanged as war criminal in 1948
• 日英联军Rì Yīng lián jūnAnglo-Japanese allied army…
• 超英chāo yīngsuperhero (abbr. for 超级英雄
• 全民英检Quán mín Yīng jiǎnGeneral English Proficiency Test (GEPT), commissioned by Taiwan's Ministry of Education…
• 海洛英hǎi luò yīng(loanword) heroin

Characters that look like 英

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

• 类lèikind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type; (bound form) to resemble…
• 具jùtool; device; utensil
• 屏píng(standing) screen
• 屎shǐfeces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
• 屄bīcunt (vulgar)
• 荚jiápod (botany)

Sounds the same

Read yīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 应to agree (to do sth); should; ought to
• 婴infant; baby
• 鹰general term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)
• 樱cherry
• 莺oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers
• 瑛(literary) translucent stone similar to jade; (literary) luster of jade
• 缨tassel; sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc); ribbon
• 膺breast; receive
• 罂earthen jar with small mouth
• 鹦(bound form) parrot
• 嘤calling of birds
• 璎necklace