勇士 (yǒng shì) — warrior; brave person

Definition

noun

warriorbrave person

Measure word · 个

勇士。
Zhè wèi yǒng shì zài zhàn chǎng shàng biǎo xiàn fēi cháng yīng yǒng.
This warrior performed very bravely on the battlefield.
勇士。
Chuán shuō zhōng de yǒng shì dǎ bài le è lóng.
The legendary warrior defeated the evil dragon.
勇士，。
Tā shì yì míng zhēn zhèng de yǒng shì, cóng bú wèi jù kùn nan.
He is a true warrior, never afraid of difficulties.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

士shìperson; warrior

勇 means brave and 士 means a person or warrior, giving a brave warrior.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

甬力勇

Meaning part形符xíngfú

力力lìstrong

Sound part声符shēngfú

甬

甬yǒng勇yǒng

Same sound today

勇 pairs 甬, which gives the sound, with 力, a strength part, to mean brave and strong.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape 士 comes from a simple drawing of a war axe. The character later came to mean a soldier, officer, or intellectual.

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