wēng

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Definitions

  1. 1. elderly man
  2. 2. father
  3. 3. father-in-law

Words Containing 翁

富翁
fù wēng

rich person

不倒翁
bù dǎo wēng

roly-poly toy

主人翁
zhǔ rén wēng

master (of the house)

伊瑞克提翁庙
yī ruì kè tí wēng miào

the Erechteum, Athens

信天翁
xìn tiān wēng

albatross (family Diomedeidae)

亿万富翁
yì wàn fù wēng

billionaire

卡斯特利翁
kǎ sī tè lì wēng

Castellón

塞翁失马
sài wēng shī mǎ

fig. a blessing in disguise

塞翁失马安知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú

it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

塞翁失马焉知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú

it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

大富翁
dà fù wēng

Monopoly (game)

尊翁
zūn wēng

(honorific) your father

白头翁
bái tóu wēng

root of Chinese pulsatilla

百万富翁
bǎi wàn fù wēng

millionaire

短尾信天翁
duǎn wěi xìn tiān wēng

(bird species of China) short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)

扎欧扎翁
zā ōu zā wēng

name of village in Nyima county, Nagchu prefecture, Tibet

翁姑
wēng gū

husband's father and mother

翁婿
wēng xù

father-in-law (wife's father) and son-in-law

翁安县
wēng ān xiàn

Weng'an County in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州[qián nán bù yī zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Guizhou

翁山
wēng shān

see 昂山[áng shān]

翁山苏姬
wēng shān sū jī

see 昂山素季[áng shān sù jì]

翁源
wēng yuán

Wengyuan County in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[sháo guān], Guangdong

翁源县
wēng yuán xiàn

Wengyuan County in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[sháo guān], Guangdong

翁牛特
wēng niú tè

Ongniud banner or Ongnuud khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[chì fēng], Inner Mongolia

翁牛特旗
wēng niú tè qí

Ongniud banner or Ongnuud khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[chì fēng], Inner Mongolia

莎翁
shā wēng

Shakespeare

葛法翁
gě fǎ wēng

Capernaum (biblical town on the Sea of Galilee)

负翁
fù wēng

debtor (jocular term, homonymous with 富翁[fù wēng])

醉翁
zuì wēng

wine-lover

醉翁之意不在酒
zuì wēng zhī yì bù zài jiǔ

wine-lover's heart is not in the cup (idiom); a drinker not really interested in alcohol

凫翁
fú wēng

watercock (Gallicrex cinerea)

鹬蚌相争,渔翁得利
yù bàng xiāng zhēng , yú wēng dé lì

lit. when the snipe and the clam grapple with each other, the fisherman catches them both (idiom)

黑背信天翁
hēi bèi xìn tiān wēng

(bird species of China) Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

黑脚信天翁
hēi jiǎo xìn tiān wēng

(bird species of China) black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)