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殃

yāng

HSK 6 Character

What 殃 means

1. calamity

Example sentences

• 先下手为强，后下手遭殃。
  Xiānxiàshǒuwéiqiáng, hòu xiàshǒu zāoyāng.
  Get them before they get us.
• 俗话说：人不犯我，我不犯人；可俗话又说：先下手为强，后下手遭殃!
  As the saying goes: As long as you don't offend me, I won't offend you. But there's another saying: To strike first means victory, to strike second means tragedy.

Words starting with 殃

• 殃及yāng jíto bring disaster to

Words containing 殃

• 遭殃zāo yāngto suffer a calamity
• 祸国殃民huò guó yāng mínto damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
• 灾殃zāi yāngdisaster
• 病殃殃bìng yāng yānglooking or feeling sickly
• 病国殃民bìng guó yāng mínto damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
• 病病殃殃bìng bing yāng yāngseriously ill; in fragile health
• 积恶余殃jī è yú yāngAccumulated evil will be repaid in suffering (idiom).
• 城门失火，殃及池鱼chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yúa fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom)…
• 德不配位，必有灾殃dé bù pèi wèi , bì yǒu zāi yāngcalamity will befall those whose moral standards are not in keeping with their social…

Characters built on 央

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

• 盎àng(literary) ancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth…
• 鸯yāngused in 鸳鸯
• 秧yāngsapling; seedling; sprout; (esp.) rice seedling; stem; stalk; vine; baby livestock; fry
• 怏yàngdiscontented
• 泱yāngagitated (wind, cloud); boundless
• 鞅yāngmartingale (part of a horse's harness); used in 鞅鞅

Characters that look like 殃

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

• 缺quēdeficiency; lack; scarce
• 殊shū(literary) to kill; to behead; to sever; to separate; to surpass; (bound form) different…
• 映yìng(bound form) to become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)
• 炔quēalkyne; also pr. jué
• 轶yì(bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages)…
• 秧yāngsapling; seedling; sprout; (esp.) rice seedling; stem; stalk; vine; baby livestock; fry

Sounds the same

Read yāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 央center; end; to beg
• 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