勇猛

Chinese

		brave	ferocious; suddenly; fierce ferocious; suddenly; fierce; violent; abrupt
trad. (勇猛)		勇	猛
simp. #(勇猛)		勇	猛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒngměng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ ㄇㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁵ maang⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ióng-béng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒngměng [Phonetic: yóngměng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄇㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒngměng
    • Wade–Giles: yung³-mêng³
    • Yale: yǔng-měng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeongmeeng
    • Palladius: юнмэн (junmɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung⁵ maang⁵
    • Yale: yúhng máahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁵ maang⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁵ mang⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ¹³ maːŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ióng-béng
    • Tâi-lô: ióng-bíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iofngbeang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ biɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yowngX maengX

Rime
Character	勇	猛
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	余隴切	莫幸切
Baxter	yowngX	maengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨoŋX/	/mˠæŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/jioŋX/	/mᵚaŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ioŋX/	/maŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juawŋX/	/maɨjŋX/
Li Rong	/ioŋX/	/mɐŋX/
Wang Li	/jĭwoŋX/	/mɐŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯woŋX/	/mɐŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǒng	měng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jung5	mang5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*loŋʔ  mraːŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	勇
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǒng
Middle Chinese	‹ yowngX ›
Old Chinese	/*loŋʔ/
English	brave
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	勇	猛
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15449	9148
Phonetic component	用	皿
Rime group	東	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	勇
Old Chinese	/*loŋʔ/	/*mraːŋʔ/
Notes		原作莫幸切（幸在耿韻），依切三全王改

Adjective

勇猛

1. bold and powerful; full of valor and vigor

Synonyms

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• 勇敢 (yǒnggǎn)
• 大無畏 / 大无畏 (dàwúwèi) (utterly fearless)
• 果敢 (guǒgǎn)
• 無畏 / 无畏 (wúwèi)
• 神勇 (shényǒng) (extraordinarily brave)
• 英勇 (yīngyǒng)

Derived terms

• 勇猛果敢
• 勇猛求進 / 勇猛求进
• 勇猛直前
• 勇猛精進 / 勇猛精进

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (勇猛):

• → Japanese: 勇(ゆう)猛(もう) (yūmō); 勇(ゆう)猛(みょう) (yūmyō)
• → Korean: 용맹(勇猛) (yongmaeng)
• → Vietnamese: dũng mãnh (勇猛)