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抑扬

yì yáng

2-character word Traditional 抑揚

What 抑扬 means

1. modulation (rising and falling pitch)
2. intonation
3. a cadence
4. to rise and fall (of a body floating in water)

The characters in 抑扬

• 抑yìto restrain; to restrict; to keep down
• 扬yángto raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing

Words starting with 抑扬

• 抑扬格yì yáng géiambic
• 抑扬顿挫yì yáng dùn cuòsee 顿挫抑扬

Words containing 抑扬

• 顿挫抑扬dùn cuò yì yángcadence; modulation

Sounds the same

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

• 益阳see 益阳市
• 弋阳see 弋阳县