Dictionary › 翁
翁
wēng
What 翁 means
- elderly man
- father
- father-in-law
- neck feathers of a bird (old)
Other readings
Example sentences
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塞翁失马SàiwēngshīmǎEvery cloud has a silver lining.
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谁想当百万富翁？Shéi xiǎng dāng bǎiwànfùwēng?Who wants to be a millionaire?
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我想做一个百万富翁。Wǒ xiǎng zuò yī gè bǎiwànfùwēng.I'd like to be a millionaire.
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他不久前是百万富翁。Tā bùjiǔqián shì bǎiwànfùwēng.He was a millionaire not long ago.
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我就要成为百万富翁了。Wǒ jiù yào chéngwéi bǎiwànfùwēng le.I'm going to be a millionaire.
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我总是梦想着成为亿万富翁。Wǒ zǒngshì mèngxiǎng zhe chéngwéi yìwànfùwēng.I always dreamed of being a billionaire.
Words starting with 翁
- 翁姑wēng gūhusband's father and mother
- 翁安县Wēng ān XiànWeng'an County in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州
- 翁源县Wēng yuán XiànWengyuan, a county in Shaoguan City 韶关市
- 翁牛特Wēng niú tèOngniud banner or Ongnuud khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰
- 翁牛特旗Wēng niú tè qíOngniud banner or Ongnuud khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰
- 翁婿wēng xùfather-in-law (wife's father) and son-in-law
- 翁山Wēng Shānsee 昂山
- 翁源Wēng yuánsee 翁源县
- 翁山苏姬Wēng Shān Sū Jīsee 昂山素季
Words containing 翁
- 富翁fù wēngrich person; millionaire; billionaire
- 百万富翁bǎi wàn fù wēngmillionaire
- 老翁lǎo wēngold man
- 亿万富翁yì wàn fù wēngbillionaire; multimillionaire
- 主人翁zhǔ rén wēngmaster (of the house); main character in a novel etc; hero or heroine
- 尊翁zūn wēng(honorific) your father
- 莎翁Shā wēngShakespeare; slang or popular culture abbr. of 莎士比亚
- 负翁fù wēngdebtor (jocular term, homonymous with 富翁
- 醉翁zuì wēngwine-lover; drinker; toper
- 不倒翁bù dǎo wēngroly-poly toy
- 信天翁xìn tiān wēngalbatross (family Diomedeidae)
- 大富翁Dà fù wēngMonopoly (game); known as 地产大亨
- 富家翁fù jiā wēngman of wealth; rich man
- 白头翁bái tóu wēngroot of Chinese pulsatilla; Chinese bulbul
- 塞翁失马sài wēng shī mǎlit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)…
- 卡斯特利翁Kǎ sī tè lì wēngCastellón
- 短尾信天翁duǎn wěi xìn tiān wēng(bird species of China) short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)
- 黑背信天翁hēi bèi xìn tiān wēng(bird species of China) Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)
- 黑脚信天翁hēi jiǎo xìn tiān wēng(bird species of China) black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)
- 伊瑞克提翁庙Yī ruì kè tí wēng miàothe Erechteum, Athens
- 葛法翁Gě fǎ wēngCapernaum (biblical town on the Sea of Galilee)
- 卖炭翁Mài Tàn WēngThe Old Charcoal Seller, poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易
- 凫翁fú wēngwatercock (Gallicrex cinerea)
- 醉翁之意不在酒zuì wēng zhī yì bù zài jiǔwine-lover's heart is not in the cup (idiom); a drinker not really interested in alcohol…
Characters that look like 翁
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 商shāngcommerce; merchant; dealer
- 密mìdense; close; thick; intimate; close; (bound form) secret; confidential
- 兹zī(literary) this; (literary) now; (literary) year
- 菌jūngerm; bacteria; fungus
- 酋qiútribal chief
- 圃pǔgarden; orchard
Sounds the same
Read wēng, tone for tone, but written differently.
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