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yáng
sheep
#111
Chapter-09 HSK-A
6 strokes

Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles

Yang stands in the north for sheep; in the south it is more widely applied to the goat, also known as 山羊 shan yang mountain sheep. Confucius declared that niu and yang were both words formed after the likeness of the object intended.

Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)


yáng
sheep/goat/CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]/surname Yang

Phrases ending with the given character

běi
shān
yáng
ibex
xiǎo
líng
yáng
gazelle
zuì
yáng
scapegoat
táo
yáng
(Tw) Dolly (1996-2003), female sheep, first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell
yáng
yáng
Happy sheep (group of five cartoon sheep), mascot of 2010 Guangzhou Asian games 廣州亞運會|广州亚运会
cáng
líng
yáng
Tibetan antelope or Chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii)
cháng
jiǎo
yáng
Tibetan long horned antelope
lǐng
tóu
yáng
bellwether

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