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翔

xiáng

HSK 6 Character

What 翔 means

1. to soar
2. to glide
3. variant of {详|xiáng}
4. slangshit

Example sentences

• 群鸟南翔。
  The birds flew to the south.
• 鸟儿在空中飞翔。
  Niǎor zài kōngzhōng fēixiáng.
  The birds soar in the air.
• 你曾经梦想在天空飞翔吗？
  Nǐ céngjīng mèngxiǎng zài tiānkōng fēixiáng ma?
  Do you ever dream about flying through the sky?
• 许多鸟儿高高地飞翔在天空中
  Xǔduō niǎor gāo gāodì fēixiáng zài tiānkōng zhōng
  Many birds fly high in the sky.
• 伊卡洛斯乘着自制的翅膀飞翔。
  Icarus flew on crafted wings.
• 人们普遍认为悬挂式滑翔运动时危险的。
  Rénmen pǔbiàn rènwéi xuánguàshìhuáxiáng yùndòng shí wēixiǎn de.
  There is a tendency for people to think that hang gliding is dangerous.

Words starting with 翔

• 翔实xiáng shícomplete and accurate
• 翔回xiáng huíto circle (in the sky)
• 翔凤Xiáng fèngComac ARJ21, Chinese-built twin-engine regional jet
• 翔安区Xiáng ān QūXiang'an, a district of Xiamen City 厦门市
• 翔安Xiáng ānsee 翔安区

Words containing 翔

• 飞翔fēi xiángto circle in the air; to soar
• 刘翔Liú XiángLiu Xiang (1983-), Chinese gold-medal hurdler of the 2004 Olympic Games
• 翱翔áo xiángto soar; to wheel about in the sky
• 滑翔huá xiángto glide
• 高翔Gāo XiángGao Xiang (1688-1753), Qing dynasty painter
• 滑翔机huá xiáng jīglider
• 滑翔翼huá xiáng yìhang glider (equipment); hang gliding (sport)
• 临翔区Lín xiáng QūLinxiang, a district of Lincang City 临沧市
• 贺军翔Hè Jūn xiángMike He (1983-), Taiwanese actor
• 凤翔区Fèng xiáng QūFengxiang, a district of Baoji City 宝鸡市
• 悬挂式滑翔xuán guà shì huá xiánghang-gliding
• 滑翔伞huá xiáng sǎnparaglider (equipment); paragliding (sport)
• 悬挂式滑翔机xuán guà shì huá xiáng jīhang-glider
• 鸾翔凤集luán xiáng fèng jílit. firebird and phoenix come together (idiom); fig. a gathering of eminent people
• 鸾翔凤翥luán xiáng fèng zhù(of calligraphy) full of power and grace
• 凤翔Fèng xiángsee 凤翔区
• 临翔Lín xiángsee 临翔区
• 遨翔áo xiángvariant of 翱翔

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.

• 详xiángdetailed; comprehensive
• 祥xiángauspicious; propitious
• 羟qiǎnghydroxyl (radical)
• 羌qiāngmuntjac; grammar particle indicating nonsense (classical)
• 庠xiáng(archaic) a school

Characters that look like 翔

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

• 期qīa period of time; phase; stage
• 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift
• 溯sùto go upstream; to trace the source
• 掴guāito slap; also pr. guó
• 耜sìplow; plowshare
• 翎língtail feathers; plume

Sounds the same

Read xiáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 详detailed; comprehensive
• 祥auspicious; propitious
• 降to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to conquer; to tame
• 庠(archaic) a school
• 夅old variant of 降