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羊

yáng

HSK 2 Character Measure word 头、只

What 羊 means

1. sheep; goat

Other readings

羊 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Yángsurname Yang

Example sentences

• 羊吃草。
  Sheep eat grass.
• 亡羊补牢。
  Wángyángbǔláo.
  Better late than never.
• 汤姆喂了羊。
  Tom fed the sheep.
• 给我画只绵羊。
  Gěi wǒ huà zhǐ miányáng.
  Draw me a sheep.
• 替罪羊就是他。
  Tìzuìyáng jiùshì tā.
  He's the scapegoat.
• 是时候喂羊了。
  It's time to feed the sheep.

Words starting with 羊

• 羊肉yáng ròumutton; goat meat
• 羊毛yáng máowool; fleece
• 羊皮yáng písheepskin
• 羊群yáng qúnflock of sheep
• 羊城Yáng chéngYangcheng, a nickname for 广州
• 羊肉串yáng ròu chuànlamb kebab
• 羊羔yáng gāolamb
• 羊毛衫yáng máo shānwool sweater; cardigan
• 羊头yáng tóusheep's head; fig. advertisement for good meat
• 羊奶yáng nǎisheep's milk
• 羊年yáng niánYear of the Ram (e.g. 2003)
• 羊怪yáng guàifaun, half-goat half-human creature of Greek mythology
• 羊排yáng páilamb chop
• 羊水yáng shuǐamniotic fluid
• 羊油yáng yóusheep's fat; suet; mutton tallow
• 羊男yáng nángoat-man; faun of Greek mythology
• 羊穿yáng chuānamniocentesis (abbr. for 羊膜穿刺
• 羊毛线yáng máo xiànknitting wool; wool yarn
• 羊皮纸yáng pí zhǐparchment
• 羊角包yáng jiǎo bāocroissant
• 羊角村Yáng jiǎo cūnGiethoorn (city in the Netherlands)
• 羊角风yáng jiǎo fēngepilepsy
• 羊水穿刺yáng shuǐ chuān cìamniocentesis (used in Taiwan)
• 羊角面包yáng jiǎo miàn bāocroissant

Words containing 羊

• 山羊shān yánggoat; (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse
• 羚羊líng yángantelope
• 绵羊mián yángsheep
• 牛羊niú yángcattle and sheep; livestock
• 白羊Bái yángAries (star sign)
• 羔羊gāo yángsheep; lamb
• 放羊fàng yángto tend a flock of sheep; to let sheep out to pasture; fig. to throw off the reins
• 牧羊mù yángto raise sheep; shepherd
• 涮羊肉shuàn yáng ròuinstant-boiled mutton; thinly sliced mutton cooked briefly in a hot pot
• 牧羊人mù yáng rénshepherd
• 替罪羊tì zuì yángscapegoat
• 牧羊犬mù yáng quǎnsheepdog
• 黄羊huáng yángMongolian gazelle; Procapra gutturosa
• 亡羊补牢wáng yáng bǔ láolit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom); fig. to act belatedly…
• 公羊gōng yángram (male sheep)
• 领头羊lǐng tóu yángbellwether
• 顺手牵羊shùn shǒu qiān yánglit. to lead away a goat while passing by (idiom); fig. to opportunistically pocket sb's…
• 小羊xiǎo yánglamb
• 未羊wèi yángYear 8, year of the Ram (e.g. 2003)
• 盘羊pán yángargali (Ovis ammon)
• 赶羊gǎn yángto drive sheep; to herd sheep
• 头羊tóu yángbellwether
• 养羊yǎng yángsheep husbandry
• 公羊传Gōng yáng ZhuànMr Gongyang's Annals or commentary on 春秋

Characters that look like 羊

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

• 早zǎoearly; morning; Good morning!
• 半bànhalf; semi-; incomplete
• 旱hàndrought
• 孚fúto trust; to believe in
• 牟móubarley; to moo; to seek or obtain
• 芋yùtaro; Colocasia antiquorum; Colocasia esculenta

Sounds the same

Read yáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 阳positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism)
• 洋ocean; vast; foreign
• 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