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仰

Mandarin · pinyin yǎng#

to face upward
to look up
to admire
to rely on

Mandarin · pinyin Yǎng#

surname Yang

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仰: yǎng · raise the head to look; look up to, rely on, admire

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3 · yang3

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joeng5 · ngong5

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character · Etymology 1

to raise the head to look
to look up to; to admire
to face upward; to flip
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to trace back
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Used in official documents in the old days; shows deference to a superior, and hope to a subordinate.
a surname

character · Etymology 2

to rely on

character · Etymology 4

(Hakka) how

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