yīng

abbr. for 英國|英国[Ying1 guo2]

United Kingdom; British; England; English; hero; outstanding; excellent; (literary) flower; blossom

plant (艹) + sound hint (央) = flowering excellence

艹 grounds the character in plant life — 英 originally meant a flower or blossom. 央 is mainly phonetic, lending something close to the yīng sound; the plant radical carries the meaning.

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他的语说得很好,大家都很佩服他。

tā de yīng yǔ shuō de hěn hǎo, dà jiā dōu hěn pèi fú tā。

His English is very good; everyone admires him for it.

她去年去国旅游,学到了很多东西。

tā qù nián qù yīng guó lǚ yóu, xué dào le hěn duō dōng xi。

She traveled to the United Kingdom last year and learned a great deal.

Words with 英

英俊

yīng jùn

handsome

锆英砂

gào yīng shā

zircon sand (zirconium ore)

云英

yún yīng

muscovite, mica (used in TCM)

霍英东

huò yīng dōng

Henry Ying-tung Fok (1913-2006), Hong Kong tycoon with close PRC connections

项英

xiàng yīng

Xiang Ying (1898-1941), communist general involved in forming the New Fourth Army 新四軍|新四军[Xin1 si4 jun1], killed in 1941 during the New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變|皖南事变[Wan3 nan2 Shi4 bian4]

领英

lǐng yīng

LinkedIn (professional networking website)

马英九

mǎ yīng jiǔ

Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, president of Republic of China 2008-2016

冯德英

féng dé yīng

Feng Deying (1935–2022), author of the 1958 novel Bitter Herbs 苦菜花[Ku3 cai4 hua1]

黎智英

lí zhì yīng

Lai Chee-ying, aka Jimmy Lai (1947–), Hong Kong media tycoon, prominent critic of the CCP and supporter of the pro-democracy camp 民主派[Min2 zhu3 pai4]

中式英语

zhōng shì yīng yǔ

Chinglish

中英

zhōng yīng

Sino-British

二𫫇英

èr è yīng

dioxin

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