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央

yāng

HSK 6 Character

What 央 means

1. center
2. end
3. to beg
4. to plead

Example sentences

• 我喜欢吃加央包。
  I love to eat kaya pau.
• 图书馆位于市中央。
  The library is in the middle of the city.
• 中央公园在哪个方向？
  Which way is Central Park?
• 城市中央有一座公园。
  There is a park in the middle of the city.
• 你知道中央情报局的什么？
  Nǐ zhīdào Zhōngyāng Qíngbàojú de shénme?
  What do you know about the CIA?
• 公车突然在路中央停下来。
  The bus stopped suddenly in the middle of the street.

Words starting with 央

• 央视Yāng shìChina Central Television (CCTV), abbr. for 中国中央电视台
• 央行yāng hángcentral bank (abbr. for 中央银行
• 央求yāng qiúto implore; to plead; to ask earnestly
• 央中yāng zhōngto ask for mediation; to request sb to act as a go-between
• 央人yāng rénto ask sb (to do sth); to entreat
• 央企yāng qǐcentrally-managed state-owned enterprise (PRC), abbr. for 中央企业
• 央及yāng jíto ask; to plead; to beg
• 央告yāng gaoto implore; to plead; to ask earnestly
• 央托yāng tuōto request assistance; to ask sb to do sth
• 央财Yāng CáiCentral University of Finance and Economics, Beijing; abbr. for 中央财经大学

Words containing 央

• 中央zhōng yāngcentral; middle; center
• 中央电视台Zhōng yāng Diàn shì táiChina Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network
• 中共中央Zhōng Gòng Zhōng yāngCentral Committee of the Communist Party of China, abbr. for 中国共产党中央委员会
• 党中央Dǎng Zhōng yāngCentral Committee of the CCP
• 中央政府zhōng yāng zhèng fǔcentral government
• 中央军委zhōng yāng jūn wěiCentral Military Committee (CMC)
• 中央社Zhōng yāng shèCentral News Agency (Taiwan)
• 中央银行zhōng yāng yín hángcentral bank
• 未央wèi yāng(literary) not ended; not yet over; close to the end
• 中央集权zhōng yāng jí quáncentralized state power
• 中央音乐学院Zhōng yāng Yīn yuè Xué yuànCentral Conservatory of Music
• 中央党校Zhōng yāng Dǎng xiàoCentral Party School, China's highest institution specifically for training Party cadres…
• 中央委员会Zhōng yāng Wěi yuán huìCentral Committee
• 中央戏剧学院Zhōng yāng Xì jù Xué yuànCentral Academy of Drama
• 加央Jiā yāngKangar city, capital of Perlis state 玻璃市
• 中央省Zhōng yāng ShěngTöv Province (Töv Aimag) of Mongolia; Central Province…
• 中央邦Zhōng yāng bāngMadhya Pradesh, central Indian state
• 未央区Wèi yāng QūWeiyang, a district of Xi'an City 西安市
• 中央企业zhōng yāng qǐ yècentrally-managed state-owned enterprise (PRC)
• 中央全会zhōng yāng quán huìplenary session of the Central Committee
• 中央汇金zhōng yāng huì jīncentral finance; Chinese monetary fund
• 中央厨房zhōng yāng chú fángcentral kitchen
• 中央日报Zhōng yāng Rì bàoCentral Daily News
• 中央空调zhōng yāng kōng tiáocentral air conditioning; (fig.) (neologism) ladies' man (contrasted with 暖男

Characters that look like 央

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

• 关guānmountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up…
• 决juéto decide; to determine; to execute (sb)
• 击jīto hit; to strike; to break
• 夫fūhusband; man; manual worker
• 夹jiāto press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich
• 夷yínon-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out

Sounds the same

Read yāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 殃calamity
• 秧sapling; seedling; sprout; (esp.) rice seedling; stem; stalk; vine; baby livestock; fry
• 鸯used in 鸳鸯
• 泱agitated (wind, cloud); boundless
• 鞅martingale (part of a horse's harness); used in 鞅鞅
• 胦the navel
• 鉠(onomatopoeia) ring; tinkle