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西洋

Xī yáng

2-character word

What 西洋 means

1. the West (Europe and North America)
2. countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional)

The characters in 西洋

• 西xīwest
• 洋yángocean; vast; foreign

Example sentences

• 我对西洋棋没兴趣。
  I'm not interested in chess.
• 我对西洋棋没有兴趣。
  I'm not interested in chess.
• 我对西洋棋不感兴趣。
  I'm not interested in chess.
• 西洋常春藤是攀缘藤本植物。
  English ivy is a climbing vine.
• 拉斐尔莱唐表示，在巴西，职业棋手很难获得赞助，因为西洋棋在巴西并不流行。
  According to Rafael Leitão, it is very difficult for a professional chess player to get sponsorship in Brazil, because chess is not popular in our country.
• Charles Lindbergh于1927年成功完成了第一次独自飞越大西洋。
  Charles Lindbergh yú 1927 niáncheng gōng wánchéng le dìyīcì dúzì fēiyuè Dàxīyáng.
  Charles Lindbergh made the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.

Words starting with 西洋

• 西洋人xī yáng rénWesterner
• 西洋菜xī yáng càiwatercress (Nasturtium officinale)
• 西洋镜xī yáng jìng(old) peep show; (fig.) hanky-panky; trickery
• 西洋杉xī yáng shāncedar
• 西洋棋xī yáng qíchess
• 西洋参xī yáng shēnAmerican ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)
• 西洋景xī yáng jǐngsee 西洋镜

Words containing 西洋

• 大西洋Dà xī yángAtlantic Ocean
• 下西洋xià Xī yángto sail west (from China) (used in reference to the 15th century voyages of Zheng He 郑和
• 北大西洋Běi Dà xī yángNorth Atlantic
• 大西洋国Dà xī yáng guóHistorical name for Portugal during the Qing dynasty
• 大西洋中脊Dà xī yáng zhōng jǐAtlantic mid-ocean ridge
• 大西洋洋中脊Dà xī yáng yáng zhōng jǐAtlantic mid-ocean ridge
• 北大西洋公约组织Běi Dà xī Yáng Gōng yuē Zǔ zhīNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO

Sounds the same

Read Xī yáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

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