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仰

yǎng

HSK 6 Character

What 仰 means

1. to face upward
2. to look up
3. to admire
4. to rely on

Other readings

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

• Yǎngsurname Yang

Example sentences

• 他仰躺。
  He lay on his back.
• 你信仰上帝幺？
  Do you believe in God?
• 我们信仰佛教。
  We believe in Buddhism.
• 我信仰耶稣基督。
  Wǒ xìnyǎng Yēsū Jīdū.
  I believe in Jesus Christ.
• 现代人太仰赖手机。
  Xiàndàirén tài yǎnglài shǒujī.
  People rely too much on phones these days.
• 一个没有信仰的人是可怕的。
  Yī gè méiyǒu xìnyǎng de rén shì kěpà de.
  A person without faith is frightening.

Words starting with 仰

• 仰望yǎng wàngto look up at; to look up to sb hopefully
• 仰头yǎng tóuto raise one's head
• 仰慕yǎng mùto admire
• 仰天yǎng tiānto face upwards; to look up to the sky
• 仰视yǎng shìto tilt one's head back to see (sth); to look up at
• 仰卧yǎng wòto lie supine
• 仰仗yǎng zhàngto rely on; to depend on
• 仰光Yǎng guāngYangon (Rangoon), city, capital of Myanmar from 1948 to 2006
• 仰屋yǎng wūto lie looking at the ceiling (in despair)
• 仰泳yǎng yǒngbackstroke
• 仰角yǎng jiǎo(math) angle of elevation
• 仰赖yǎng làito rely on
• 仰屋著书yǎng wū zhù shūlit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom)…
• 仰卧式yǎng wò shìcorpse pose (yoga)
• 仰光大金塔Yǎng guāng Dà Jīn tǎGreat Pagoda of Yangon (Rangoon)
• 仰卧起坐yǎng wò qǐ zuòsit-up (physical exercise)
• 仰躺yǎng tǎngto lie on one's back
• 仰人鼻息yǎng rén bí xīto rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom)…
• 仰屋兴叹yǎng wū xīng tànto stare at the ceiling in despair; to find no way out; nothing you can do about it
• 仰韶Yǎng sháoYangshao, a village in Henan Province where the first site of the Yangshao culture 仰韶文化
• 仰韶文化Yǎng sháo wén huà(archaeology) Yangshao culture, a Neolithic culture (c. 5000–3000 BC) in the central…

Words containing 仰

• 信仰xìn yǎngto believe in (a religion); firm belief; conviction
• 瞻仰zhān yǎngto revere; to admire
• 俯仰fǔ yǎnglowering and raising of the head; (fig.) small move; pitch (position angle)
• 敬仰jìng yǎngto revere; highly esteemed
• 景仰jǐng yǎngto admire; to revere; to look up to
• 前仰后合qián yǎng hòu héto sway to and fro; to rock back and forth
• 久仰jiǔ yǎnghonorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you.; It's an honor to meet you at last.
• 信仰者xìn yǎng zhěbeliever
• 久仰大名jiǔ yǎng dà míngI have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
• 人仰马翻rén yǎng mǎ fānto suffer a crushing defeat (idiom); in a pitiful state; in a complete mess
• 笑不可仰xiào bù kě yǎngto double up with laughter (idiom)
• 钻坚仰高zuān jiān yǎng gāolit. looking up to it, it gets higher; boring into it, it gets harder (idiom)…
• 众人敬仰zhòng rén jìng yǎnguniversally admired; highly esteemed by everyone
• 俯仰之间fǔ yǎng zhī jiānin a flash
• 前俯后仰qián fǔ hòu yǎngto rock one's body backward and forward; to be convulsed (with laughter etc)
• 与世俯仰yǔ shì fǔ yǎngto swim with the tide (idiom)
• 俯仰无愧fǔ yǎng wú kuìto have a clear conscience
• 钦仰qīn yǎngto admire and respect
• 四仰八叉sì yǎng bā chā(idiom) sprawled out on one's back

Characters that look like 仰

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 件jiànitem; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
• 伴bànpartner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany
• 邦bāng(bound form) country; nation; state
• 伸shēnto stretch; to extend
• 抑yìto restrain; to restrict; to keep down
• 邱Qiūsurname Qiu

Sounds the same

Read yǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 养to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets)
• 痒to itch; to tickle
• 氧oxygen (chemistry)
• 炴firelight; blaze
• 坱(literary) dust; (literary) vast and all-pervading
• 飬old variant of 养