hero /'hiәrәu/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
• (n.) the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
• (n.) Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)

Chinese translation

• n. 英雄, 超越常人者, 男主角

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/'hiәrәu/

Syllables

2

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · IELTS

Frequency

Zipf 4.68 · Rare

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heroin · heroic · heroine · heroism

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