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洋

Mandarin · pinyin yáng

Meanings

  1. ocean
  2. vast
  3. foreign
  4. silver dollar or coin
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洋
yáng · ocean, sea; foreign; western
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2 · yang2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

joeng4

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character

  1. multitudinous; vast
  2. ocean; vast area of sea; great expanse of water
  3. overseas; foreign; western; imported
  4. modern; stylish; fashionable
  5. novel; unusual
  6. (historical or Shanghainese) foreign money; dollar (Classifier: 隻／只 w)
  7. (Min, Hakka, often in place names) plain; flatland
  8. (historical) a river in southern Shaanxi, China
  9. a surname

character

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 翔 (xiáng, “to soar; wing; side”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 祥 (xiáng, “good fortune; to bless”)
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 祥 (xiáng, “gentle; tender”)
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative name for 彌河／弥河 (“Mi River in Shandong”).
  5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) (～州) Yang Prefecture (an ancient prefecture of Shaanxi, China)

character

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 洋洋, alternative form of 養養 /养养 (“worried; anxious”)

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