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yǎng
HSK 3.0 Level 6

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Definitions

  1. 1. to face upward
  2. 2. to look up
  3. 3. to admire
  4. 4. to rely on

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 736294)

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Words Containing 仰

久仰
jiǔ yǎng

honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you.

仰人鼻息
yǎng rén bí xī

to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living

久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng

I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)

仰躺
yǎng tǎng

to lie on one's back

仰光
yǎng guāng

Yangon (Rangoon), city, capital of Myanmar from 1948 to 2006

众人敬仰
zhòng rén jìng yǎng

universally admired

仰头
yǎng tóu

to raise one's head

仰卧
yǎng wò

to lie supine

仰泳
yǎng yǒng

backstroke

仰光大金塔
yǎng guāng dà jīn tǎ

Great Pagoda of Yangon (Rangoon)

仰慕
yǎng mù

to admire

仰屋
yǎng wū

to lie looking at the ceiling (in despair)

俯仰
fǔ yǎng

lowering and raising of the head

景仰
jǐng yǎng

to admire

钦仰
qīn yǎng

to admire and respect

仰卧式
yǎng wò shì

corpse pose (yoga)

信仰者
xìn yǎng zhě

believer

俯仰无愧
fǔ yǎng wú kuì

to have a clear conscience

仰视
yǎng shì

to tilt one's head back to see (sth)

信仰
xìn yǎng

to believe in (a religion)

仰屋兴叹
yǎng wū xīng tàn

to stare at the ceiling in despair

与世俯仰
yǔ shì fǔ yǎng

to swim with the tide (idiom)

笑不可仰
xiào bù kě yǎng

to double up with laughter (idiom)

俯仰之间
fǔ yǎng zhī jiān

in a flash

仰韶
yǎng sháo

Yangshao culture (archaeological period with red and black pottery)

四仰八叉
sì yǎng bā chā

sprawled out on one's back (idiom)

仰仗
yǎng zhàng

to rely on

前仰后合
qián yǎng hòu hé

to sway to and fro

仰望
yǎng wàng

to look up at

仰天
yǎng tiān

to face upwards

前俯后仰
qián fǔ hòu yǎng

to rock one's body backward and forward

仰韶文化
yǎng sháo wén huà

Yangshao neolithic culture from the central Yellow river basin, with red and black pottery

仰卧起坐
yǎng wò qǐ zuò

sit-up (physical exercise)

仰屋著书
yǎng wū zhù shū

lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book

钻坚仰高
zuān jiān yǎng gāo

lit. looking up to it, it gets higher; boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analects)

敬仰
jìng yǎng

to revere

仰赖
yǎng lài

to rely on

人仰马翻
rén yǎng mǎ fān

to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom)

瞻仰
zhān yǎng

to revere