Dictionary › 汪
汪
wāng
What 汪 means
- expanse of water
- ooze
- onomatopoeiabark
- classifier for liquids: pool, puddle
Other readings
Example sentences
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汪汪！Woof!
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别汪汪！Bié wāngwāng!Stop barking!
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汪汪汪！Wāng wāng wāng!Woof, woof, woof!
Words starting with 汪
- 汪洋wāng yángvast body of water
- 汪汪wāng wānggleaming with tears; woof woof (sound of a dog barking)…
- 汪精卫Wāng Jīng wèiWang Jingwei (1883–1944), Chinese politician who later collaborated with Japan during…
- 汪啸风Wāng Xiào fēngWang Xiaofeng (1944-), fourth governor of Hainan
- 汪星人wāng xīng réndog (Internet slang)
- 汪东城Wāng Dōng chéngJiro Wang (1981-), Taiwanese singer and actor
- 汪清县Wāng qīng XiànWangqing, a county in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延边朝鲜族自治州
- 汪道涵Wāng Dào hánWang Daohan (1915-2005), former president of the Association for Relations Across the…
- 汪清Wāng qīngsee 汪清县
Words containing 汪
- 水汪汪shuǐ wāng wāngwatery; waterlogged (soil); limpid
- 泪汪汪lèi wāng wāngtearful; brimming with tears
- 单身汪dān shēn wāng(net slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)
- 油汪汪yóu wāng wāngdripping with oil
- 留尼汪Liú ní wāngRéunion (island in Indian Ocean, a French overseas department)
- 贾汪区Jiǎ wāng QūJiawang, a district of Xuzhou City 徐州市
- 姓蒋还是姓汪xìng Jiǎng hái shi xìng Wāngfriend or foe? (quote from 沙家浜
- 贾汪Jiǎ wāngsee 贾汪区
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
- 旺wàngprosperous; flourishing; (of flowers) blooming
- 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 汪
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 报bàoto report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply; to sign up for…
- 阻zǔto hinder; to block; to obstruct
- 抵dǐto press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to withstand; to be equal to…
- 圾jīused in 垃圾; Taiwan pr. sè
- 拦lánto block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)
- 抿mǐnto smooth hair with a wet brush; (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly; to sip
Sounds the same
Read wāng, tone for tone, but written differently.
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