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yìng

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yìng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yìng | ying4
English translation
to reflect (light)
to shine
to project (an image onto a screen etc)
old variant of yìng [yìng]
to project; to reflect; to shine

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About yìng

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

yìng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

sun

Etymology of yìng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

日央

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

yāng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and yāng represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Example sentences using yìng

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追根 zhuī gēn 究底,与其说 dòu zhě 在读王映霞,不如说他们 tā men 在读达夫.

Argumentative and Wang Yingxia time in more readers than they read Yu.

táo 红柳绿相互 xiāng hù 掩映 yǎn yìng .

The pink peaches and green willows set each other off.

人们 rén men 脸上 shì 阴沉沉 yīn chén chén de ,愁眉不展 chóu méi bù zhǎn , 反映 fǎnyìng zhāo 凄楚 qī chǔ de 心情 xīnqíng .

It looked on downcast faces, the images of mournful hearts.

zhǔ piān 开映 kāi yìng 之前 zhī qián yǒu 短片 duǎn piàn .

There are a couple of shorts on before the main film.

guāng 指示器 zhǐ shì qì 经常 jīngcháng 幻灯片 huàn dēng piàn 放映机一起 yīqǐ 使用 shǐyòng .

A light pointer is often useful with a slide projector.

Words with yìng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
反映 fǎnyìng to mirror反映 fǎnyìng
上映 shàng yìng to screen上映 shàng yìng
yìng to shine yìng
放映 fàng yìng to screen放映 fàng yìng
首映 shǒu yìng premiere (of a movie)首映 shǒu yìng
首映式 shǒu yìng shì premiere of a movie首映式 shǒu yìng shì
公映 gōng yìng public screening (of a movie)公映 gōng yìng
映射 yìng shè to shine on映射 yìng shè
播映 bō yìng to televise播映 bō yìng
放映室 fàng yìng shì cinema room放映室 fàng yìng shì
试映 shì yìng trial screening試映
映衬 yìng chèn antithesis映襯
映照 yìng zhào to shine upon映照 yìng zhào
辉映 huī yìng to reflect輝映
掩映 yǎn yìng hidden from view掩映 yǎn yìng
倒映 dào yìng to reflect (producing an inverted image)倒映 dào yìng
映入眼帘 yìng rù yǎn lián (idiom) to greet the eye映入眼簾
映像 yìng xiàng reflection映像 yìng xiàng

yìng Decomposition & Compounds

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yìng Decomposition

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