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亡

wáng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 6 Character

What 亡 means

1. to die
2. to lose
3. to be gone
4. to flee
5. deceased

Other readings

亡 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• wángold variant of {亡|wáng}

Example sentences

• 亡羊补牢。
  Wángyángbǔláo.
  Better late than never.
• 他害怕死亡。
  He is afraid of death.
• 他溺水而亡。
  He drowned.
• 没人能逃避死亡。
  Nobody can avoid death.
• 爱情比死亡更强大。
  Love is more powerful than death.
• 他因交通事故死亡。
  He lost his life in a traffic accident.

Words starting with 亡

• 亡灵wáng língspirit of the dead; departed soul
• 亡国wáng guó(of a nation) to be destroyed; to be subjugated; a fallen nation
• 亡命wáng mìngto flee; to go into exile (from prison)
• 亡羊补牢wáng yáng bǔ láolit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom); fig. to act belatedly…
• 亡魂wáng húnsoul of the deceased; departed spirit
• 亡国奴wáng guó núslave of a foreign conqueror
• 亡故wáng gùto die; to pass away
• 亡母wáng mǔdeceased mother
• 亡者wáng zhěthe deceased
• 亡命之徒wáng mìng zhī túrunaway (idiom); desperate criminal; fugitive
• 亡兵纪念日Wáng bīng Jì niàn rìMemorial Day (American holiday)
• 亡国灭种wáng guó miè zhǒngcountry destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction
• 亡妻wáng qīone's late wife
• 亡国虏wáng guó lǔsubjugated people; refugee from a destroyed country
• 亡佚wáng yìnonextant; lost to the ages
• 亡八wáng bāvariant of 王八

Words containing 亡

• 死亡sǐ wángto die; death
• 灭亡miè wángto be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
• 伤亡shāng wángcasualties; injuries and deaths
• 身亡shēn wángto die
• 逃亡táo wángto flee; to go into exile
• 流亡liú wángto go into exile; to be in exile
• 消亡xiāo wángto die out; to wither away
• 阵亡zhèn wángto die in battle
• 死亡率sǐ wáng lǜmortality rate
• 家破人亡jiā pò rén wángfamily bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned; destitute and homeless
• 存亡cún wángto live or die; to exist or perish
• 兴亡xīng wángto flourish and decay; rise and fall
• 生死存亡shēng sǐ cún wángmatter of life and death
• 名存实亡míng cún shí wángthe name remains, but the reality is gone (idiom)
• 出亡chū wángto go into exile
• 危亡wēi wángat stake; in peril
• 救亡jiù wángto save the nation from subjugation
• 散亡sàn wángdispersed and lost
• 早亡zǎo wáng(literary) to die young; to pass away prematurely
• 破亡pò wángto die out; conquered
• 未亡人wèi wáng rénwidow (humble self-reference in former times)
• 脑死亡nǎo sǐ wángbrain death
• 国破家亡guó pò jiā wángthe country ruined and the people starving (idiom)
• 大脑死亡dà nǎo sǐ wángbrain death

Sounds the same

Read wáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 王king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wáng correctly.
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