永 (yǒng) means Everlasting (forever). Below are 7 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他 永 远那么认真。
Tā yǒngyuǎn nàme rènzhēn.
He is forever so conscientious.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 永远
我 永 远记得那一天。
Wǒ yǒngyuǎn jìde nà yì tiān.
I will always remember that day.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 永远
这是一个 永 恒的话题。
Zhè shì yí ge yǒnghéng de huàtí.
This is an eternal topic.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 永恒
人生的路不会 永 远平坦。
Rénshēng de lù bú huì yǒngyuǎn píngtǎn.
The road of life will not always be smooth.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 平坦
人生不可能 永 远一帆风顺。
Rénshēng bù kěnéng yǒngyuǎn yìfānfēngshùn.
Life cannot always be plain sailing.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 一帆风顺
这份深情厚谊我 永 远不会忘。
Zhè fèn shēnqínghòuyì wǒ yǒngyuǎn bú huì wàng.
I shall never forget this deep friendship.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 深情厚谊
世界上没有 永 恒不变的东西。
Shìjiè shang méiyǒu yǒnghéng bú biàn de dōngxi.
There is nothing in the world that never changes.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 永恒
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Words that contain 永
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Questions about 永
How is 永 used in a sentence?
This page shows 7 sentences using 永 (yǒng, "Everlasting (forever)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 永 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 永 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 永?
The dictionary page for 永 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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