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盎

àng

Character

What 盎 means

1. literaryancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth
2. literarybrimming; abundant

Example sentences

• 盎格鲁-撒克逊人对诺曼人来说就像妻管严对溺爱妻子的人一样。
  Anglo-Saxon was to Norman as hen-pecked to uxorious.

Words starting with 盎

• 盎然àng ránabundant; plentiful; overflowing; exuberant
• 盎司àng sī(loanword) ounce (British imperial system)
• 盎撒Àng SāAnglo-Saxon
• 盎格鲁Àng gé lǔAnglo-
• 盎格鲁撒克逊Àng gé lǔ Sā kè xùnAnglo-Saxon (people)
• 盎格鲁萨克逊Àng gé lǔ Sà kè xùnAnglo-Saxon
• 盎盂相击àng yú xiāng jī(idiom) to quarrel
• 盎盂相敲àng yú xiāng qiāo(idiom) to quarrel
• 盎斯àng sīvariant of 盎司

Words containing 盎

• 生机盎然shēng jī àng ránfull of life; exuberant
• 生意盎然shēng yì àng ránsee 生机盎然
• 生气盎然shēng qì àng ránsee 生机盎然

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.

• 殃yāngcalamity
• 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 盎

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

• 盗dàoto steal; to rob; to plunder
• 羞xiūshy; ashamed; shame
• 盐yánsalt
• 盔kuīhelmet
• 蛊gǔarch. legendary venomous insect; to poison; to bewitch
• 盅zhōnghandleless cup; goblet

Sounds the same

Read àng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 枊(literary) post for tethering a horse