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洋
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Definitions
- 1. ocean
- 2. vast
- 3. foreign
- 4. silver dollar or coin
Example Sentences
1 shown托馬斯說他從來沒有吃過 洋 薊。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 洋
New York Yankees (US baseball team)
Westerner
ocean surface
maritime
(bird species of China) Pacific loon (Gavia pacifica)
seas and oceans
Arctic ocean
to feign ignorance
North Atlantic
tinfoil
ocean floor
trash or used goods from Western countries
cement
to Westernize
onion ring
Hong Kong orchid (Bauhinia blakeana)
rickshaw
black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)
combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
pidgin English
vast
see 西洋鏡|西洋镜[xī yáng jìng]
Guangdong Ocean University
the Pacific Region
warm
oceanic crust (geology)
Union Pacific Railroad
Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 自強運動|自强运动
foreigner
artichoke
foreign affairs (in Qing times)
immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)
foreign devil
the Northern Warlords (1912-1927)
Panthalassis (geology)
Southern Ocean
to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
distant seas
cruiser (warship)
to idle on the job
see 洋山深水港[yáng shān shēn shuǐ gǎng]
oceanic crust (geology)
see 漂洋[piāo yáng]
college of Western learning in late Qing
oceanic crust (geology)
Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt)
East Asian countries
Matricaria recutita
lazily
Westerner employed in Qing China (as professor or military advisor etc)
Yangshan Deep-Water Port (near Shanghai)
cabbage (round cabbage most commonly found in Western countries)
East Pacific Rise (a mid-oceanic ridge stretching from California to Antarctica)
Atlantic mid-ocean ridge
city infested with foreign adventurers (esp. of Shanghai in pre-Liberation China) (idiom)
Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt)
Pacific Rim
parsley
lit. an ocean of writing
lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom)
halisaurus
Shayang county in Jingmen 荊門|荆门[jīng mén], Hubei
Asia-Pacific region
CNOOC; China National Offshore Oil Corporation
Sanyō, Japanese electronics company
to travel across the oceans
lit. ocean drifting people
Beiyang faction of Northern Warlords
foreign language (esp. Western)
mid-ocean ridge (geology)
ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC)
mid-ocean ridge (geology)
cedar
ocean
immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)
voluminous
imported oil
Western taste
Western goods
doll (of Western appearance)
Western learning
onion (Allium cepa)
(dialect) potato
foreign religion (esp. Western Christianity in Qing China)
thalassemia
Indomalayan realm
brimming with
see 洋基隊|洋基队[yáng jī duì]
foreign devil
to cross the ocean
social gaffe or blunder
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
mid-ocean ridge (geology)
young foreign girl
Support the Qing, annihilate the West! (Boxer rebellion slogan)
soap
Yangpu Economic Development Zone, Hainan
agar
north China army (esp. during the warlords period)
Jerusalem artichoke
flat silver (former coinage)
Butterfield and Swire (Hong Kong bank)
the Warlord government of Northern China that developed from the Qing Beiyang army 北洋軍閥|北洋军阀 after the Xinhai revolution of 1911
radiant with joy
to idolize foreign things
chess
import
Pacific Rim
sage (herb)
north China army, a modernizing Western-style army set up during late Qing, and a breeding ground for the Northern Warlords after the Qinghai revolution
terrible pain; torture; (coll.) pain suffered at the hands of foreigners
(literary) to gaze in the air
(fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city
ocean current
(payment) account
domestic and foreign
love apple
parsley
East Pacific Rise (a mid-oceanic ridge stretching from California to Antarctica)
Indian Ocean
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO
Oceania
north China navy (esp. the ill-fated Chinese navy in the 1895 war with Japan)
mandolin
(bird species of China) Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
Singkawang city (Kalimantan, Indonesia)
Yang County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中[hàn zhōng], Shaanxi
maritime climate
sage (herb)
western style guns (in former times)
Southern Ocean
Historical name for Portugal during the Qing dynasty
(sports) to train abroad
watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
the West (Europe and North America)
Atlantic mid-ocean ridge
Mt Wanyang between Jiangxi and Hunan
see 洋浦經濟開發區|洋浦经济开发区[yáng pǔ jīng jì kāi fā qū]
the western Pacific Ocean
Pacific War between Japan and the US, 1941-1945
Lake Baiyangdian
foreign devil
Western style
the foreign learning or Westernizing faction in the late Qing
(derog.) wannabe foreigner, a Chinese person who apes the ways of foreigners
rose acacia (Robinia hispida, a false acacia)
State Oceanic Administration (PRC)
full of joy (idiom); jubilation
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
east Pacific
carmine; magenta
brimming with enthusiasm (idiom); full of warmth
Southeast Asia
combining native and foreign methods
see 洋鬼子[yáng guǐ zi]
mid-ocean ridge
oceanography
mid-Atlantic ridge
agar
pickaxe
vast body of water
joyfully satisfied
Atlantic Ocean
Asia-Pacific region
American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)
(fig.) hanky-panky
Pacific Ocean
to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)
Western-style clothes
Canadian Pacific Railway
ocean
black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)
children's game played with illustrated cards
the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong
Asia-Pacific
to make a fool of oneself
Western-style dress
Liu Yang (1978-), China's first female astronaut in space (June 16, 2012)
foreign money
Shayang county in Jingmen 荊門|荆门[jīng mén], Hubei