yáng

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Definitions

  1. 1. ocean
  2. 2. vast
  3. 3. foreign
  4. 4. silver dollar or coin

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Words Containing 洋

出洋相
chū yáng xiàng

to make a fool of oneself

喜洋洋
xǐ yáng yáng

radiant with joy

汪洋
wāng yáng

vast body of water

洋溢
yáng yì

brimming with

海洋
hǎi yáng

ocean

三洋
sān yáng

Sanyō, Japanese electronics company

中国海洋石油总公司
zhōng guó hǎi yáng shí yóu zǒng gōng sī

CNOOC; China National Offshore Oil Corporation

中大西洋脊
zhōng dà xī yáng jǐ

mid-Atlantic ridge

中洋脊
zhōng yáng jǐ

mid-ocean ridge (geology)

亚洲太平洋地区
yà zhōu tài píng yáng dì qū

Asia-Pacific region

亚洲与太平洋
yà zhōu yǔ tài píng yáng

Asia-Pacific

亚洲与太平洋地区
yà zhōu yǔ tài píng yáng dì qū

Asia-Pacific region

假洋鬼子
jiǎ yáng guǐ zi

(derog.) wannabe foreigner, a Chinese person who apes the ways of foreigners

刘洋
liú yáng

Liu Yang (1978-), China's first female astronaut in space (June 16, 2012)

加拿大太平洋铁路
jiā ná dà tài píng yáng tiě lù

Canadian Pacific Railway

北冰洋
běi bīng yáng

Arctic ocean

北大西洋
běi dà xī yáng

North Atlantic

北大西洋公约组织
běi dà xī yáng gōng yuē zǔ zhī

North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO

北洋
běi yáng

the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong

北洋政府
běi yáng zhèng fǔ

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

北洋水师
běi yáng shuǐ shī

north China navy (esp. the ill-fated Chinese navy in the 1895 war with Japan)

北洋系
běi yáng xì

Beiyang faction of Northern Warlords

北洋军
běi yáng jūn

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

北洋军阀
běi yáng jūn fá

the Northern Warlords (1912-1927)

北洋陆军
běi yáng lù jūn

north China army (esp. during the warlords period)

十里洋场
shí lǐ yáng chǎng

(fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city

南冰洋
nán bīng yáng

Southern Ocean

南大洋
nán dà yáng

Southern Ocean

南洋
nán yáng

Southeast Asia

南洋理工大学
nán yáng lǐ gōng dà xué

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

印度洋
yìn dù yáng

Indian Ocean

喜气洋洋
xǐ qì yáng yáng

full of joy (idiom); jubilation

国家海洋局
guó jiā hǎi yáng jú

State Oceanic Administration (PRC)

土洋
tǔ yáng

domestic and foreign

土洋并举
tǔ yáng bìng jǔ

combining native and foreign methods

土洋结合
tǔ yáng jié hé

combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided

大洋
dà yáng

ocean

大洋中脊
dà yáng zhōng jǐ

mid-ocean ridge (geology)

大洋型地壳
dà yáng xíng dì qiào

oceanic crust (geology)

大洋洲
dà yáng zhōu

Oceania

大洋龙
dà yáng lóng

halisaurus

大西洋
dà xī yáng

Atlantic Ocean

大西洋中脊
dà xī yáng zhōng jǐ

Atlantic mid-ocean ridge

大西洋国
dà xī yáng guó

Historical name for Portugal during the Qing dynasty

大西洋洋中脊
dà xī yáng yáng zhōng jǐ

Atlantic mid-ocean ridge

太古洋行
tài gǔ yáng háng

Butterfield and Swire (Hong Kong bank)

太平洋
tài píng yáng

Pacific Ocean

太平洋区域
tài píng yáng qū yù

the Pacific Region

太平洋战争
tài píng yáng zhàn zhēng

Pacific War between Japan and the US, 1941-1945

太平洋潜鸟
tài píng yáng qián niǎo

(bird species of China) Pacific loon (Gavia pacifica)

太平洋联合铁路
tài píng yáng lián hé tiě lù

Union Pacific Railroad

太平洋周边
tài píng yáng zhōu biān

Pacific Rim

定洋
dìng yáng

(payment) account

山口洋
shān kǒu yáng

Singkawang city (Kalimantan, Indonesia)

崇洋
chóng yáng

to idolize foreign things

崇洋媚外
chóng yáng mèi wài

to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas

巡洋舰
xún yáng jiàn

cruiser (warship)

广东海洋大学
guǎng dōng hǎi yáng dà xué

Guangdong Ocean University

得意洋洋
dé yì yáng yáng

joyfully satisfied

懒洋洋
lǎn yāng yāng

lazily

扶清灭洋
fú qīng miè yáng

Support the Qing, annihilate the West! (Boxer rebellion slogan)

暖洋洋
nuǎn yáng yáng

warm

望洋
wàng yáng

(literary) to gaze in the air

望洋兴叹
wàng yáng xīng tàn

lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom)

东太平洋
dōng tài píng yáng

east Pacific

东太平洋海隆
dōng tài píng yáng hǎi lóng

East Pacific Rise (a mid-oceanic ridge stretching from California to Antarctica)

东太平洋隆起
dōng tài píng yáng lóng qǐ

East Pacific Rise (a mid-oceanic ridge stretching from California to Antarctica)

东洋
dōng yáng

East Asian countries

东洋界
dōng yáng jiè

Indomalayan realm

东洋鬼
dōng yáng guǐ

foreign devil

东洋鬼子
dōng yáng guǐ zi

foreign devil

毛洋槐
máo yáng huái

rose acacia (Robinia hispida, a false acacia)

沙洋
shā yáng

Shayang county in Jingmen 荊門|荆门[jīng mén], Hubei

沙洋县
shā yáng xiàn

Shayang county in Jingmen 荊門|荆门[jīng mén], Hubei

泛大洋
fàn dà yáng

Panthalassis (geology)

洋中脊
yáng zhōng jǐ

mid-ocean ridge (geology)

洋人
yáng rén

foreigner

洋务
yáng wù

foreign affairs (in Qing times)

洋务学堂
yáng wù xué táng

college of Western learning in late Qing

洋务派
yáng wù pài

the foreign learning or Westernizing faction in the late Qing

洋务运动
yáng wù yùn dòng

Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 自強運動|自强运动

洋化
yáng huà

to Westernize

洋味
yáng wèi

Western taste

洋员
yáng yuán

Westerner employed in Qing China (as professor or military advisor etc)

洋垃圾
yáng lā jī

trash or used goods from Western countries

洋基
yáng jī

see 洋基隊|洋基队[yáng jī duì]

洋基队
yáng jī duì

New York Yankees (US baseball team)

洋场恶少
yáng chǎng è shào

city infested with foreign adventurers (esp. of Shanghai in pre-Liberation China) (idiom)

洋妞
yáng niū

young foreign girl

洋娃娃
yáng wá wa

doll (of Western appearance)

洋学
yáng xué

Western learning

洋将
yáng jiàng

import

洋山深水港
yáng shān shēn shuǐ gǎng

Yangshan Deep-Water Port (near Shanghai)

洋山港
yáng shān gǎng

see 洋山深水港[yáng shān shēn shuǐ gǎng]

洋底
yáng dǐ

ocean floor

洋底地壳
yáng dǐ dì qiào

oceanic crust (geology)

洋教
yáng jiào

foreign religion (esp. Western Christianity in Qing China)

洋服
yáng fú

Western-style clothes

洋枪
yáng qiāng

western style guns (in former times)

洋槐
yáng huái

black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)

洋槐树
yáng huái shù

black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)

洋壳
yáng qiào

oceanic crust (geology)

洋气
yáng qì

Western style

洋油
yáng yóu

imported oil

洋洋
yáng yáng

vast

洋洋大篇
yáng yáng dà piān

lit. an ocean of writing

洋洋得意
yáng yáng dé yì

immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)

洋洋洒洒
yáng yáng sǎ sǎ

voluminous

洋洋自得
yáng yáng zì dé

immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)

洋流
yáng liú

ocean current

洋浦
yáng pǔ

see 洋浦經濟開發區|洋浦经济开发区[yáng pǔ jīng jì kāi fā qū]

洋浦经济开发区
yáng pǔ jīng jì kāi fā qū

Yangpu Economic Development Zone, Hainan

洋泾浜英语
yáng jīng bāng yīng yǔ

pidgin English

洋漂族
yáng piāo zú

lit. ocean drifting people

洋灰
yáng huī

cement

洋燕
yáng yàn

(bird species of China) Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica)

洋片
yáng piàn

children's game played with illustrated cards

洋琵琶
yáng pí pá

mandolin

洋甘菊
yáng gān jú

Matricaria recutita

洋白菜
yáng bái cài

cabbage (round cabbage most commonly found in Western countries)

洋相
yáng xiàng

social gaffe or blunder

洋粉
yáng fěn

agar

洋红
yáng hóng

carmine; magenta

洋紫荆
yáng zǐ jīng

Hong Kong orchid (Bauhinia blakeana)

洋紫苏
yáng zǐ sū

sage (herb)

洋县
yáng xiàn

Yang County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中[hàn zhōng], Shaanxi

洋罪
yáng zuì

terrible pain; torture; (coll.) pain suffered at the hands of foreigners

洋脊
yáng jǐ

mid-ocean ridge

洋腔洋调
yáng qiāng yáng diào

to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)

洋芋
yáng yù

(dialect) potato

洋芫荽
yáng yán sui

parsley

洋菜
yáng cài

agar

洋蒲桃
yáng pú táo

love apple

洋葱
yáng cōng

onion (Allium cepa)

洋葱圈
yáng cōng quān

onion ring

洋蓟
yáng jì

artichoke

洋姜
yáng jiāng

Jerusalem artichoke

洋苏
yáng sū

sage (herb)

洋装
yáng zhuāng

Western-style dress

洋话
yáng huà

foreign language (esp. Western)

洋货
yáng huò

Western goods

洋车
yáng chē

rickshaw

洋钱
yáng qián

foreign money

洋镐
yáng gǎo

pickaxe

洋铁箔
yáng tiě bó

tinfoil

洋面
yáng miàn

ocean surface

洋香菜
yáng xiāng cài

parsley

洋鬼
yáng guǐ

see 洋鬼子[yáng guǐ zi]

洋鬼子
yáng guǐ zi

foreign devil

洋碱
yáng jiǎn

soap

海洋学
hǎi yáng xué

oceanography

海洋性
hǎi yáng xìng

maritime

海洋性气候
hǎi yáng xìng qì hòu

maritime climate

海洋性贫血
hǎi yáng xìng pín xuè

thalassemia

海洋温差发电
hǎi yáng wēn chā fā diàn

ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC)

漂洋
piāo yáng

to cross the ocean

热情洋溢
rè qíng yáng yì

brimming with enthusiasm (idiom); full of warmth

环太平洋
huán tài píng yáng

Pacific Rim

环太平洋地震带
huán tài píng yáng dì zhèn dài

Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt)

环太平洋火山带
huán tài píng yáng huǒ shān dài

Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt)

留洋
liú yáng

(sports) to train abroad

白洋淀
bái yáng diàn

Lake Baiyangdian

磨洋工
mó yáng gōng

to idle on the job

联合国海洋法公约
lián hé guó hǎi yáng fǎ gōng yuē

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

万洋山
wàn yáng shān

Mt Wanyang between Jiangxi and Hunan

装洋蒜
zhuāng yáng suàn

to feign ignorance

西太平洋
xī tài píng yáng

the western Pacific Ocean

西洋
xī yáng

the West (Europe and North America)

西洋人
xī yáng rén

Westerner

西洋参
xī yáng shēn

American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)

西洋景
xī yáng jǐng

see 西洋鏡|西洋镜[xī yáng jìng]

西洋杉
xī yáng shān

cedar

西洋棋
xī yáng qí

chess

西洋菜
xī yáng cài

watercress (Nasturtium officinale)

西洋镜
xī yáng jìng

(fig.) hanky-panky

远洋
yuǎn yáng

distant seas

远渡重洋
yuǎn dù chóng yáng

to travel across the oceans

重洋
chóng yáng

seas and oceans

银洋
yín yáng

flat silver (former coinage)

飘洋
piāo yáng

see 漂洋[piāo yáng]