Chinese symbol for “proudly”
得意洋洋
dé yì yáng yáng
joyfully satisfied; to be immensely proud of oneself; proudly; an air of complacency
The closest CC-CEDICT match for proudly is 得意洋洋 (dé yì yáng yáng), defined as: joyfully satisfied; to be immensely proud of oneself; proudly; an air of complacency.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “proudly”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 得意洋洋.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 觉得 (覺得) | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc) |
| 获得 (獲得) | huò dé | to obtain; to receive; to get |
| 得到 | dé dào | to get; to obtain; to receive |
| 取得 | qǔ dé | to acquire; to get; to obtain |
| 记得 (記得) | jì de | to remember |
| 值得 | zhí de | worth the money; to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth) |
| 注意 | zhù yì | to take note of; to pay attention to |
| 意见 (意見) | yì jiàn | idea; opinion |
| 海洋 | hǎi yáng | ocean |
| 大洋 | dà yáng | ocean; (old) silver dollar |
See also: Japanese symbol for “proudly”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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