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洋

yáng

HSK 4 Character

What 洋 means

1. ocean
2. vast
3. foreign
4. silver dollar or coin

Example sentences

• 别玩洋火
  Don't play with matches.
• 洋装不错。
  Nice dress.
• 我爱洋葱！
  I love onions!
• 我喜欢洋葱。
  I like onion.
• 这些洋装太大。
  These dresses are too large.
• 海洋底部有沙子。
  Hǎiyáng dǐbù yǒu shāzi.
  There is sand at the bottom of the ocean.

Words starting with 洋

• 洋人yáng rénforeigner; (esp.) Westerner
• 洋溢yáng yìbrimming with; steeped in
• 洋葱yáng cōngonion (Allium cepa); bulb onion
• 洋洋yáng yángvast; impressive; self-satisfied
• 洋房yáng fángWestern-style house
• 洋娃娃yáng wá wadoll (of Western appearance)
• 洋洋得意yáng yáng dé yìimmensely pleased with oneself (idiom); proud; complacent
• 洋行yáng háng(old) foreign firm
• 洋鬼子yáng guǐ ziforeign devil; term of abuse for Westerners
• 洋文yáng wénforeign language (esp. Western) (old)
• 洋洋洒洒yáng yáng sǎ sǎvoluminous; flowing (of speeches, articles etc) (idiom)
• 洋芋yáng yù(dialect) potato
• 洋气yáng qìWestern style; foreign flavor; trendy
• 洋装yáng zhuāngWestern-style dress
• 洋货yáng huòWestern goods; imported goods (in former times)
• 洋相yáng xiàngsocial gaffe or blunder; faux pas; see 出洋相
• 洋车yáng chērickshaw
• 洋话yáng huàforeign language (esp. Western)
• 洋务yáng wùforeign affairs (in Qing times); foreign learning
• 洋化yáng huàto Westernize
• 洋员yáng yuánWesterner employed in Qing China (as professor or military advisor etc)
• 洋场yáng chǎng(old) foreign concession
• 洋学Yáng xuéWestern learning
• 洋将yáng jiàng(Taiwan; sports) foreign player; import

Words containing 洋

• 海洋hǎi yángocean
• 出洋相chū yáng xiàngto make a fool of oneself
• 太平洋Tài píng YángPacific Ocean
• 大洋dà yángocean; (old) silver dollar; (slang) Chinese yuan
• 西洋Xī yángthe West (Europe and North America); countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional)
• 懒洋洋lǎn yāng yānglazily
• 大西洋Dà xī yángAtlantic Ocean
• 汪洋wāng yángvast body of water
• 得意洋洋dé yì yáng yángjoyfully satisfied; to be immensely proud of oneself; proudly
• 南洋Nán yángSoutheast Asia; South seas
• 印度洋Yìn dù yángIndian Ocean
• 东洋Dōng yángJapan (old); East Asian countries
• 热情洋溢rè qíng yáng yìbrimming with enthusiasm (idiom); full of warmth
• 巡洋舰xún yáng jiàncruiser (warship); battle cruiser
• 远洋yuǎn yángdistant seas; the open ocean (far from the coast)
• 喜气洋洋xǐ qì yáng yángfull of joy (idiom); jubilation
• 暖洋洋nuǎn yáng yángwarm and cozy; comfortably warm
• 北洋Běi yángthe Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong
• 留洋liú yáng(old) to study abroad; (sports) to train abroad
• 北洋军阀Běi yáng Jūn fáthe Northern Warlords (1912-1927)
• 崇洋媚外chóng yáng mèi wàito revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom)…
• 出洋chū yángto go abroad (old)
• 三洋Sān yángSanyō, Japanese electronics company
• 北冰洋Běi bīng yángArctic ocean

Characters built on 羊

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

• 样yàngmanner; pattern; way
• 氧yǎngoxygen (chemistry)
• 痒yǎngto itch; to tickle
• 烊yángmolten; smelt
• 徉yángto walk back and forth
• 佯yángto feign; to pretend
• 羰tāngcarbonyl (radical)
• 蛘yánga weevil found in rice etc

Characters that look like 洋

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

• 浮fúto float; superficial; floating
• 浑húnmuddy; turbid; brainless; foolish; (bound form) simple; natural
• 晖huīsunshine; to shine upon; variant of 辉
• 烊yángmolten; smelt
• 佯yángto feign; to pretend
• 泮pàn(literary) to melt; to dissolve

Sounds the same

Read yáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 羊sheep; goat
• 阳positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism)
• 扬to raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing
• 杨poplar
• 佯to feign; to pretend
• 炀molten; smelt
• 疡ulcers; sores
• 烊molten; smelt
• 徉to walk back and forth
• 旸rising sun; sunshine
• 飏to soar; to fly; to float
• 垟clay sheep buried with the dead