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樱

yīng

Character Traditional 櫻

What 樱 means

1. cherry

Example sentences

• 她是李樱。
  She is Li Ying.
• 他是李樱。
  He is Li Ying.
• 樱花非常漂亮。
  Cherry blossoms are very beautiful.
• 本周公园樱花盛开。
  This week the cherry blossoms in the park are in full bloom.
• 正是樱花最美的时节。
  Zhèngshì yīnghuā zuì Měidí shíjié.
  The cherry blossoms are at their best.
• 小樱喜欢男性的注意。
  Skura liked male attention.

Words starting with 樱

• 樱桃yīng táocherry
• 樱花yīng huāoriental cherry (Prunus serrulata or Prunus yedoensis), prized for its blossom…
• 樱井Yīng jǐngSakurai (Japanese surname and place name)
• 樱岛Yīng dǎoSakurajima (active volcano in Kagoshima, Japan)
• 樱桃园Yīng táo yuánThe Cherry Orchard, a play by Chekhov 契诃夫
• 樱花国Yīng huā guó(slang) Japan
• 樱花妹yīng huā mèi(colloquial) Japanese girl
• 樱花草yīng huā cǎoprimrose
• 樱桃小嘴yīng táo xiǎo zuǐlit. cherry mouth (idiom); fig. a delicate, ruby-lipped mouth
• 樱桃番茄yīng táo fān qiécherry tomato
• 樱桃萝卜yīng táo luó bosmall red radish
• 樱桃小口yīng táo xiǎo kǒusee 樱桃小嘴

Words containing 樱

• 大樱桃dà yīng táosweet cherry
• 红樱枪hóng yīng qiāngancient spear-like weapon, decorated with a red tassel
• 野樱莓yě yīng méichokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)
• 马拉斯奇诺樱桃mǎ lā sī jī nuò yīng táomaraschino cherry

Characters built on 婴

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

• 鹦yīng(bound form) parrot
• 嘤yīngcalling of birds
• 缨yīngtassel; sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc); ribbon
• 瘿yǐnggoiter; knob on tree
• 璎yīngnecklace

Characters that look like 樱

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

• 榜bǎngnotice or announcement; list of names; public roll of successful examinees
• 稽jī(bound form) to examine; to check (against records); (literary) to delay; to linger…
• 褶xí(arch.) court dress
• 樽zūngoblet; bottle; wine-jar
• 耨nòuhoe; to hoe; to weed
• 缨yīngtassel; sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc); ribbon

Sounds the same

Read yīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 应to agree (to do sth); should; ought to
• 英hero; outstanding; excellent
• 婴infant; baby
• 鹰general term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)
• 莺oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers
• 瑛(literary) translucent stone similar to jade; (literary) luster of jade
• 缨tassel; sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc); ribbon
• 膺breast; receive
• 罂earthen jar with small mouth
• 鹦(bound form) parrot
• 嘤calling of birds
• 璎necklace