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yàng

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yàng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yàng | yang4
English translation
to ripple, to undulate; to bob on the waves

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About yàng

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

yàng

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

water

Etymology of yàng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵羕

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

yàng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and yàng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using yàng

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再则 zài zé ,孩子 háizi 渐渐 jiàn jiàn 地大 le ,茅屋 máo wū ,斜坡 xié pō shǎng , zǒng 荡漾 dàng yàng zhāo 他们 tā men de rǎng jiào 笑声 xiào shēng .

Even her mother - in - law's grass - covered grave mound became a source of comfort.

阳光 yángguāng zài 我们 wǒmen 眼前 yǎn qián de 水面 shuǐ miàn shǎng 荡漾 dàng yàng , huǎng 得我们 dōu 看不 Qīng 小船 xiǎo chuán Xiàng 哪里 nǎ lǐ 驶去 le .

The sunlight played along the water ahead of us, making it difficult to see where the boat was going.

Words with yàng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
荡漾 dàng yàng to ripple盪漾
yàng to overflow yàng
漾濞 Yàng bì Yangbi county in Yunnan province漾濞 Yàng bì
漾濞彝族自治县 Yàng bì Yí zú Zì zhì xiàn Yangbi Yizu Autonomous County in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州 Dà lǐ Bái zú zì zhì zhōu [Dà​lǐ​Bái​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu], Yunnan漾濞彞族自治縣

yàng Decomposition & Compounds

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