Chinese

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flower; hero; brave
flower; hero; brave; outstanding; Britain (abbrev.); English
 
heroic; male
trad. (英雄)
simp. #(英雄)
2nd round simp. 英厷

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (34) (35)
Final () (111) (2)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter 'jaeng hjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔˠiæŋ/ /ɦɨuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔᵚiaŋ/ /ɦiuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔiaŋ/ /ɣiuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔiajŋ/ /ɦuwŋ/
Li
Rong
/ʔiɐŋ/ /ɣiuŋ/
Wang
Li
/ĭɐŋ/ /ɣĭuŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯ɐŋ/ /i̯uŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yīng yóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jing1 jung4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yīng xióng
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔjæng › ‹ hjuwng ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʔ<r>aŋ/ /*[ɢ]ʷəŋ/
English young grass plants male

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 14510 4140
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qraŋ/ /*ɡʷɯŋ/

Noun

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英雄

  1. (literally, martial arts, figuratively) hero
    傳說英雄传说英雄  ―  chuánshuō zhōng de yīngxióng  ―  legendary hero
    平民英雄  ―  píngmín yīngxióng  ―  everyday hero
    英雄豪傑英雄豪杰  ―  yīngxióng háojié  ―  heroes
    人民英雄永垂不朽 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Rénmín yīngxióng yǒngchuíbùxiǔ. [Pinyin]
    Eternal glory to the people’s heroes.

Synonyms

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Adjective

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英雄

  1. (attributive) heroic
    英雄事蹟英雄事迹  ―  yīngxióng shìjì  ―  heroic deed
    英雄中國人民英雄中国人民  ―  yīngxióng de Zhōngguó rénmín  ―  heroic Chinese people
    武漢英雄城市 [MSC, trad.]
    武汉英雄城市 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǔhàn shì yīngxióng de chéngshì. [Pinyin]
    Wuhan is a heroic city.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (英雄):
  • Japanese: 英雄(えいゆう) (eiyū)
  • Korean: 영웅(英雄) (yeong'ung)
  • Vietnamese: anh hùng (英雄)

Others:

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
えい
Grade: 4
ゆう
Grade: S
kan'on
 英雄 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(えい)(ゆう) (eiyūえいゆう (eiyuu)?

  1. hero
    Synonym: ヒーロー (hīrō)
Derived terms
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Idioms
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
ひで
Grade: 4

Grade: S
nanori

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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(ひで)() (Hideo

  1. a male given name

References

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  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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英雄 (yeong'ung) (hangeul 영웅)

  1. hanja form? of 영웅 (hero)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

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英雄

  1. chữ Hán form of anh hùng (heroic).

Noun

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英雄

  1. chữ Hán form of anh hùng (hero).
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