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旺

wàng

HSK 6 Character

What 旺 means

1. prosperous
2. flourishing
3. (of flowers) blooming
4. (of fire) roaring

Example sentences

• 干柴烧得旺。
  Gàn chái shāo de wàng.
  Dry wood burns well.
• 现在是旅游旺季。
  Xiànzài shì lǚyóu wàngjì.
  Now is tourist season.
• 让我们记住这一点，如果说这场金融危机教会了我们什么东西的话，那就是我们不可能在金融以外的领域处于困境的同时拥有繁荣兴旺的华尔街。
  Ràng wǒmen jìzhu zhè yīdiǎn, rúguǒ shuō zhè chǎng jīnróngwēijī jiāohuì le wǒmen shénme dōngxi dehuà, nà jiùshì wǒmen bù kěnéng zài jīnróng yǐwài de lǐngyù chǔyú kùnjìng de tóngshí yōngyǒu fánróng xīngwàng de Huá'ěr Jiē.
  Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.
• 让我们记住这一点，如果说这场金融危机教会了我们什幺东西的话，那就是我们不可能在金融以外的领域处于困境的同时拥有繁荣兴旺的华尔街。
  Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.

Words starting with 旺

• 旺盛wàng shèngvigorous; exuberant
• 旺季wàng jìbusy season; peak period; see also 淡季
• 旺来wàng lái(Taiwan) pineapple (from Taiwanese 王梨, Tai-lo pr. [ông-lâi])
• 旺子wàng zi(dialect) blood tofu (coagulated animal blood)
• 旺月wàng yuèbusy (business) month
• 旺角Wàng JiǎoMong Kok (area in Hong Kong)
• 旺波日山Wàng bō rì shānMt Wangbur, Dagzê county 达孜县
• 旺苍县Wàng cāng XiànWangcang, a county in Guangyuan City 广元市
• 旺炽wàng chìblazing
• 旺炽型wàng chì xíngflorid (medicine)
• 旺炽性wàng chì xìngflorid (medicine)
• 旺苍Wàng cāngsee 旺苍县

Words containing 旺

• 兴旺xīng wàngprosperous; thriving; to prosper
• 兴旺发达xīng wàng fā dáprosperous and developing; flourishing
• 普罗旺斯Pǔ luó wàng sīProvence (south of France)
• 健旺jiàn wàngrobust; healthy; vigorous
• 血旺xuè wàng(dialect) blood tofu (coagulated animal blood)
• 毛血旺máo xuè wàngduck's blood and beef tripe in spicy soup
• 留尼旺Liú ní wàngRéunion (island in Indian Ocean, a French overseas department) (Tw)
• 卢旺达Lú wàng dáRwanda
• 阿斯旺Ā sī wàngAswan (town in south Egypt)
• 人丁兴旺rén dīng xīng wàng(idiom) to be a flourishing family with many descendants
• 人财两旺rén cái liǎng wàng(idiom) thriving; (of a city) populous and wealthy; (of a family) large and prosperous
• 莱旺厄尔Lái wàng è ěrLevanger (city in Trøndelag, Norway)
• 那空沙旺Nà kōng shā wàngPaknampho city, Thailand
• 阿旺曲培Ā wàng Qū péiNgawang Choephel (1966-), Tibetan musicologist and dissident, Fullbright scholar…
• 普罗旺斯语Pǔ luó wàng sī yǔProvençal (language)
• 阴虚火旺yīn xū huǒ wàngan excess of heat caused by a deficiency in Yin energy (idiom)
• 许旺细胞Xǔ wàng xì bāoSchwann cell (support axon of nerve cell); neurolemmocyte
• 汤旺县Tāng wàng XiànTangwang, a county in Yichun City 伊春市
• 油尖旺Yóu jiān wàngYau Tsim Mong district of Kowloon, Hong Kong
• 畅旺chàng wàngflourishing; brisk (sales, trading)
• 阿斯旺高坝Ā sī wàng gāo bàthe Aswan dam in south Egypt
• 阿旺曲沛Ā wàng qǔ pèiNgawang Choepel (Tibetan, Fulbright scholar)
• 汤旺Tāng wàngsee 汤旺县

Characters built on 王

These share the phonetic component 王 (wáng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 望wàngfull moon; to hope; to expect
• 汪wāngexpanse of water; ooze; (onomatopoeia) bark
• 琅lángjade-like stone; clean and white; tinkling of pendants
• 枉wǎngto twist; crooked; unjust
• 恙yàngsickness
• 璋zhāngjade tablet used in ceremonies, shaped like the left or right half of a "gui" 圭
• 瑭táng(jade)

Characters that look like 旺

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

• 贩fànto deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in
• 贬biǎnto diminish; to demote; to reduce or devaluate
• 狐húfox
• 狙jūmacaque; to spy; to lie in ambush
• 昵nìfamiliar; intimate; to approach
• 瓯ōu(pottery) bowl or drinking vessel

Sounds the same

Read wàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 望full moon; to hope; to expect
• 忘to forget; to overlook; to neglect
• 妄absurd; fantastic; presumptuous
• 王(literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)
• 迋to deceive; to scare; to travel