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扬

yáng

HSK 4 Character Traditional 揚

What 扬 means

1. to raise
2. to hoist
3. the action of tossing or winnowing
4. scattering (in the wind)
5. to flutter
6. to propagate

Other readings

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

• yángvariant of {扬|yáng}
• Yángabbr. for Yangzhou {扬州|Yáng zhōu} in Jiangsu; surname Yang

Example sentences

• 克里斯扬起他的剑。
  Kè lǐ sī yángqǐ tā de jiàn.
  Chris swung his sword!
• 别那么趾高气扬，汤姆。
  Bié nàme zhǐgāo-qìyáng, Tāngmǔ.
  Get off your high horse, Tom.
• 别那幺趾高气扬，汤姆。
  Get off your high horse, Tom.
• 昨天我组装了一个扬声器。
  Zuótiān wǒ zǔzhuāng le yī gè yángshēngqì.
  I built an amplifier yesterday.
• 我的电脑需要新的扬声器。
  I need new speakers for my PC.
• 萨米把莱拉拉到扬声器旁。
  Sami put Layla on the speakerphone.

Words starting with 扬

• 扬起yáng qǐto raise one's head; to perk up
• 扬言yáng yánto put about (a story, plan, threat etc); to let it be known…
• 扬长而去yáng cháng ér qùto swagger off; to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left…
• 扬声器yáng shēng qìspeaker
• 扬名yáng míngto become famous; to become notorious
• 扬帆yáng fānto set sail
• 扬子江Yáng zǐ jiāngChangjiang 长江 or Yangtze River; old name for Changjiang, especially lower reaches around…
• 扬眉yáng méito raise eyebrows
• 扬长避短yáng cháng bì duǎnto foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom); to play to one's strengths
• 扬召yáng zhàoto flag down (a cab) on the street; to hail (a taxicab)
• 扬基Yáng jī(loanword) Yankee (esp. the New York Yankees baseball team)
• 扬谷yáng gǔto winnow
• 扬花yáng huā(of a plant) to shed pollen
• 扬菜Yáng càiJiangsu cuisine
• 扬长yáng chángwith swagger; ostentatiously; to make the best use of one's strengths
• 扬中市Yáng zhōng ShìYangzhong, a county-level city in Zhenjiang City 镇江市
• 扬州市Yáng zhōu ShìYangzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江苏省
• 扬科维奇Yáng kē wéi qíJankovic; Yankovic; Yankovich
• 扬雄Yáng XióngYang Xiong (53 BC-18 AD), scholar, poet and lexicographer, author of the first Chinese…
• 扬琴yáng qínyangqin; dulcimer (hammered string musical instrument)
• 扬抑格yáng yì gétrochaic
• 扬帆远航yáng fān yuǎn hángto set sail on a voyage to a distant place; (fig.) to undertake a great mission
• 扬州炒饭Yáng zhōu chǎo fànYangzhou fried rice, featuring scrambled egg, diced vegetables and multiple proteins –…
• 扬鞭yáng biānto whip on; to raise a whip; by ext. to swagger

Words containing 扬

• 表扬biǎo yángto praise; to commend
• 赞扬zàn yángto praise; to approve of; to show approval
• 宣扬xuān yángto publicize; to advertise; to spread far and wide
• 发扬fā yángto develop; to make full use of
• 飘扬piāo yángto wave; to flutter; to fly
• 飞扬fēi yángto rise; to fly upward
• 张扬zhāng yángto display ostentatiously; to bring out into the open; to make public
• 弘扬hóng yángto enhance; to promote; to enrich
• 悠扬yōu yángmelodious; mellifluous
• 上扬shàng yáng(of prices etc) to rise
• 沸沸扬扬fèi fèi yáng yángbubbling and gurgling; hubbubing; abuzz
• 发扬光大fā yáng guāng dàto develop and promote; to carry forward; to bring to great height of development
• 趾高气扬zhǐ gāo qì yánghigh and mighty (idiom); arrogant
• 神采飞扬shén cǎi fēi yángin high spirits (idiom); glowing with health and vigor
• 分道扬镳fēn dào yáng biāolit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom); fig. to part ways
• 纷纷扬扬fēn fēn yáng yáng(idiom) (of leaves etc) fluttering about
• 耀武扬威yào wǔ yáng wēito show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around; to bluff; to bluster
• 颂扬sòng yángto eulogize; to praise
• 昂扬áng yángelated; high-spirited; uplifting (music)
• 其貌不扬qí mào bù yáng(idiom) nothing special to look at; unprepossessing
• 赛扬Sài yángCeleron (an Intel chip)
• 高扬gāo yángheld high; elevated; uplift
• 传扬chuán yángto spread (by word of mouth)
• 卷扬juǎn yánga whirlwind

Characters that look like 扬

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

• 场chǎnglarge place used for a specific purpose; stage; scene (of a play)
• 册cèbook; booklet; classifier for books
• 抢qiǎngto fight over; to rush; to scramble
• 杨yángpoplar
• 肠chángintestines
• 抡lūnto swing (one's arms, a heavy object); to wave (a sword, one's fists); to fling (money)

Sounds the same

Read yáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 羊sheep; goat
• 阳positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism)
• 洋ocean; vast; foreign
• 杨poplar
• 佯to feign; to pretend
• 炀molten; smelt
• 疡ulcers; sores
• 烊molten; smelt
• 徉to walk back and forth
• 旸rising sun; sunshine
• 飏to soar; to fly; to float
• 垟clay sheep buried with the dead