yǒng = yu + (e)ng3
brave
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How to pronounce 勇

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= yu initial

Yu is for Yu the Great who tamed the floods.

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+ (e)ng3 final

In the engine’s living room.

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勇 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= li + Ø4
power / force / strength / ability / strenuously
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yǒng = yu + (e)ng3
Yong River 甬江[Yong3 Jiang1] in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Ning2 bo1] / short name for Ningbo
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tǒng = tu + (e)ng3
variant of 桶[tong3], bucket / (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter)
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yǒng = yu + (e)ng3
path screened by walls on both sides
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Characters with 勇 as component

to bubble up / to rush forth
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leap
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yǒng = yu + (e)ng3
variant of 悀[yong3]
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Words with 勇

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brave / courageous
brave; courageous
courage / valor

Sentences with 勇

勇 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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yǒng

brave

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