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夕阳

xī yáng

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 夕陽

What 夕阳 means

1. sunset
2. the setting sun

The characters in 夕阳

• 夕xī(bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night; Taiwan pr. xì
• 阳yángpositive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism)

Example sentences

• 夕阳西下。
  Xīyángxīxià.
  The sun is going down.
• 我们看着夕阳西下。
  Wǒmen kàn zhe xīyángxīxià.
  We are watching the sun set.
• 美丽的夕阳，不是吗？
  Měilì de xīyáng, bùshìma?
  A beautiful sunset, isn't it?
• 你看过这么美的夕阳吗?
  Nǐ kàn guo zhème Měidí xīyáng ma?
  Have you ever seen such a beautiful sunset?

Words starting with 夕阳

• 夕阳西下xī yáng xī xiàthe sun sets in the west (idiom)
• 夕阳产业xī yáng chǎn yèsunset industry; declining industry

Sounds the same

Read xī yáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

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