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膺

yīng

Character

What 膺 means

1. breast
2. receive

Example sentences

• 我们对杀人犯感到悲愤填膺。
  Wǒmen duì shārénfàn gǎndào bēifèn tián yīng.
  We were filled with anger against the murderer.

Words starting with 膺

• 膺选yīng xuǎnto be elected

Words containing 膺

• 义愤填膺yì fèn tián yīngrighteous indignation fills one's breast (idiom); to feel indignant at injustice
• 服膺fú yīngto bear in mind

Characters built on 月

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

• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear
• 青qīnggreen; blue; black
• 赢yíngto beat; to win; to profit
• 腥xīngfishy (smell)
• 腈jīngacrylic
• 嬴Yíngsurname Ying
• 胫jìnglower part of leg
• 肼jǐnghydrazine

Characters that look like 膺

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

• 磨móto rub; to grind; to polish
• 鹰yīnggeneral term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)
• 薯shǔpotato; yam
• 麋mímoose; river bank
• 糜mírice gruel; rotten; to waste (money)
• 赝yànfalse

Sounds the same

Read yīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 应to agree (to do sth); should; ought to
• 英hero; outstanding; excellent
• 婴infant; baby
• 鹰general term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)
• 樱cherry
• 莺oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers
• 瑛(literary) translucent stone similar to jade; (literary) luster of jade
• 缨tassel; sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc); ribbon
• 罂earthen jar with small mouth
• 鹦(bound form) parrot
• 嘤calling of birds
• 璎necklace