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yǎng

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yǎng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yǎng | yang3
English translation
variant of yǎng
> yǎng [yǎng]
to itch
to tickle
to itch; to tickle

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About yǎng

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

yǎng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

sickness

Etymology of yǎng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

疒羊

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Yáng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Yáng represents the sound. Simplified form of yǎng .

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Example sentences using yǎng

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如果 rúguǒ 感到 gǎn dào yǎng , jiù sāo hǎo le .

Scratch yourself if you itch.

观众 guānzhòng 听来 tīng lái 觉得 juéde 周身 zhōu shēn yǎng , 他们 tā men 已经 yǐjīng 露着牙齿 yáchǐ xiào le .

The public were titillated; they were already on the grin.

身上 shēn shang yǎng xiàng hài le 疥疮 jiè chuāng .

His flesh crawled as if he had a scabies.

绵羊 mián yáng de 搔痒 sāo yǎng 病因 bìng yīn 可能 kěnéng shì lèi 病毒 bìngdú .

The scrapie agent in sheep may be similar to viroids.

ā 婴孩 yīng hái yǎng ,婴孩 yīng hái xiào le .

The baby laughed when I gave her a tickle.

Words with yǎng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yǎng to itch yǎng
痒痒 yǎng yang to itch癢癢
瘙痒 sào yǎng to itch瘙癢
发痒 fā yǎng to tickle發癢
无关痛痒 wú guān tòng yǎng not to affect sb無關痛癢
手痒 shǒu yǎng (fig.) to itch (to do sth)手癢
不痛不痒 bù tòng bù yǎng superficial不痛不癢
搔痒 sāo yǎng to tickle搔癢
痛痒 tòng yǎng pain and itch痛癢
隔靴搔痒 gé xuē sāo yǎng ineffectual隔靴搔癢
挠痒痒 náo yǎng yang to tickle撓癢癢
抓痒 zhuā yǎng to scratch an itch抓癢
怕痒 pà yǎng to be ticklish怕癢
痒痒挠 yǎng yang náo backscratcher (made from bamboo etc)癢癢撓
不关痛痒 bù guān tòng yǎng unimportant不關痛癢
虱多不痒 shī duō bù yǎng Troubles never come singly.蝨多不癢

yǎng Decomposition & Compounds

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yǎng Decomposition

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