英雄
Old HSK 5
英雄 (yīngxióng) · hero
英雄 (yīngxióng) means “hero”. It is written with 2 characters: 英 (petal) + 雄 (alpha male). It is an old HSK 5 word (HSK 2.0).
How 英雄 is built
The characters
英 yīng · petal
What 英 is made of
- 艹cǎo — grass
- 央yāng — central
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: 艹 gives the meaning, 央 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
雄 xióng · alpha male
What 雄 is made of
- 厷gōng — forearm
- 厶sī — private
- 隹zhuī — short-tailed bird
- 亻rén — person
Example sentences
他是我们心中的英雄。Tā shì wǒmen xīnzhōng de yīngxióng.He is a hero in our hearts.
救人的司机成了大家眼中的英雄。Jiù rén de sījī chéng le dàjiā yǎnzhōng de yīngxióng.The driver who saved people became everyone's hero.
Questions about 英雄
What does 英雄 mean?
英雄 (yīngxióng) means “hero”.
How do you pronounce 英雄?
英雄 is pronounced yīngxióng.
Which HSK level is 英雄?
英雄 is in Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 英文YīngwénEnglish (language)
- 英语YīngyǔEnglish (language)
- 英勇yīngyǒngbrave
- 英俊yīngjùnhandsome
- 英明yīngmíngwise
- 雌雄cíxióngmale and female
- 雄厚xiónghòuabundant
- 雄伟xióngwěimagnificent
Learn 英雄 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 5 · Group 113: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.