央 yāng

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Traditional form

央 yāng

Contains the radical

大 dà

Part of speech

Abbreviation / 简称略语 Jiǎnchēng lüèyǔ

Positional decomposition

⿻冂大

Explanation

Pictograph of a person (大 dà ) with a cangue (torture device for punishing criminals) around his neck. People wearing such devices were not able to reach their mouth with their own hands, and were forced to beg for food.

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复 fù 元 Yuán 后 Hòu , 她 tā 央求 yāng qiú 我 wǒ 妈 mā 带 dài 她 tā 回来 huí lai .

After she recovered, she pleaded with my mother to take her back.

“求求你 nǐ 留下来给 gěi 我 wǒ 读点东西 dōngxī 吧 bā ，妈妈 māma ，”他 tā 央求 yāng qiú 道 dào 。

"Please stay and read to me, mummy," he beseeched.

她 tā 还 Huán 没 méi 学会 xué huì 开车 kāi chē ，却 què 老 lǎo 央求 yāng qiú 他 tā 让 ràng 她 tā 试试。

She hadn't learned to drive, but she had kept going on at him to let her try.

Explore 24 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 央 yāng in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
中央 zhōngyāng	central	中央 zhōngyāng
央行 Yāng háng	abbr. for various central banks, notably 中國人民銀行\|中国人民银行 Zhōng guó Rén mín Yín háng [ZhōngguóRénmínYínháng] and 中央銀行\|中央银行 Zhōng yāng Yín háng [ZhōngyāngYínháng]	央行 Yāng háng
央 yāng	end	央 yāng
央视 Yāng shì	China Central Television (CCTV), abbr. for 中國中央電視台\|中国中央电视台 Zhōng guó Zhōng yāng Diàn shì tái [ZhōngguóZhōngyāngDiànshìtái]	央視
党中央 dǎng zhōng yāng	party central committee	黨中央
中共中央 Zhōng Gòng Zhōng yāng	Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, abbr. for 中國共產黨中央委員會\|中国共产党中央委员会 Zhōng guó Gòng chǎn dǎng Zhōng yāng Wěi yuán huì [ZhōngguóGòngchǎndǎngZhōngyāngWěiyuánhuì]	中共中央 Zhōng Gòng Zhōng yāng
中央电视台 Zhōng yāng Diàn shì tái	China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network	中央電視台
中央政府 zhōng yāng zhèng fǔ	central government	中央政府 zhōng yāng zhèng fǔ
央求 yāng qiú	to implore	央求 yāng qiú
中央军委 zhōng yāng jūn wěi	Central Military Committee (CMC)	中央軍委
中央银行 Zhōng yāng Yín háng	Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)	中央銀行
中央委员会 Zhōng yāng Wěi yuán huì	Central Committee	中央委員會
中央情报局 Zhōng yāng Qíng bào jú	US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA	中央情報局
中央党校 Zhōng yāng Dǎng xiào	Central Party School, China's highest institution specifically for training Party cadres, founded in 1933	中央黨校
中央社 Zhōng yāng shè	Central News Agency (Taiwan)	中央社 Zhōng yāng shè
中央集权 zhōng yāng jí quán	centralized state power	中央集權
中国共产党中央委员会 Zhōng guó Gòng chǎn dǎng Zhōng yāng Wěi yuán huì	Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, abbr. to 中共中央 Zhōng Gòng Zhōng yāng [ZhōngGòngZhōngyāng]	中國共產黨中央委員會
中央财经大学 Zhōng yāng Cái jīng Dà xué	Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing	中央財經大學
中共中央办公厅 Zhōng Gòng Zhōng yāng Bàn gōng tīng	abbr. to 中辦\|中办 Zhōng Bàn [ZhōngBàn]	中共中央辦公廳
朝鲜中央通讯社 Cháo xiǎn Zhōng yāng Tōng xùn shè	North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)	朝鮮中央通訊社
中央民族大学 Zhōng yāng Mín zú Dà xué	Central University for Nationalities	中央民族大學
中央日报 Zhōng yāng Rì bào	Central Daily News	中央日報
中央研究院 Zhōng yāng Yán jiū yuàn	Academia Sinica, research institution headquartered in Taipei	中央研究院 Zhōng yāng Yán jiū yuàn
未央区 Wèi yāng Qū	Weiyang District of Xi’an 西安市 Xī ān Shì [Xī'ānShì], Shaanxi	未央區

See the 2 Chinese characters that make up 央 yāng and their own compounds.

央 yāng

大 dà , 冂 jiōng

See all 49 Chinese words that contain the character 央 yāng in their composition.

央 yāng

英 Yīng

瑛 yīng , 媖 yīng , 朠 yīng , 渶 Yīng , 煐 yīng , 锳 yīng , 霙 yīng , 韺 yīng , 偀, 愥, 暎, 楧, 碤, 緓, 绬, 蝧, 鍈, 鶧

奂 huàn

换 huàn , 唤 huàn , 焕 huàn , 痪 huàn , 涣 huàn

映 yìng , 盎 àng , 殃 yāng , 鸯 yāng , 秧 yāng , 怏 yàng , 泱 yāng , 倹 jiǎn , 坱 yǎng , 炴 yǎng , 胦 yāng , 鉠 yāng , 鞅 yāng , 佒, 咉, 姎, 岟, 抰, 柍, 眏, 紻, 詇, 軮, 雵, 駚, 鴦 yāng