英语

Character by character

• 英yīng9 strokesHSK 2petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English
• 语yǔ9 strokesHSK 1 traditional 語language, words; saying, expression

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 英语. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 英雄yīng xióngHSK 6

  hero

• 语言yǔ yánHSK 2

  language

• 英镑yīng bàngHSK 7

  pound sterling

• 语气yǔ qìHSK 7

  tone; manner of speaking; mood

• 精英jīng yīngHSK 7

  cream; elite; essence; quintessence

• 语音yǔ yīnHSK 4

  speech sounds; pronunciation; colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character; phonetic; audio; voice; (Internet) to voice chat; voice message

• 言语yán yǔHSK 5

  words; speech; (spoken) language

• 英文yīng wénHSK 2

  English (language)

• 英勇yīng yǒngHSK 4

  heroic; gallant; valiant

• 话语huà yǔHSK 7

  words; speech; utterance; discourse

• 英俊yīng jùnHSK 7

  handsome

• 法语fǎ yǔHSK 6

  French (language)

• 标语biāo yǔHSK 7

  written slogan; placard

• 词语cí yǔHSK 2

  word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases); term (e.g. technical term); expression

• 日语rì yǔHSK 6

  Japanese language

• 外语wài yǔHSK 1

  foreign language

• 华语huá yǔHSK 5

  Chinese language

• 汉语hàn yǔHSK 1

  Chinese language

• 语法yǔ fǎHSK 4

  grammar

• 自言自语zì yán zì yǔHSK 6

  to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize

• 英明yīng míng

  wise; brilliant

• 俄语é yǔHSK 7

  Russian (language)

• 西班牙语xī bān yá yǔHSK 6

  Spanish language

• 口语kǒu yǔHSK 4

  colloquial speech; spoken language; vernacular language; slander; gossip