昂

áng

Meanings

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áng

1.to lift
2.to raise
3.to raise one's head
4.high
5.high spirits
6.soaring
7.expensive

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Wiktionary

1.to raise; to lift
2.to rise
3.high spirited; upright
4.a surname
5.only used in 昂昂 (yàngyàng, “virtuous; respectable (of a ruler)”)

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ŋaːŋ): semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 卬 (OC *ŋaːŋ, *ŋaŋʔ, “man standing and man kneeling”).

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Stroke order

Components

昂日卬

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Example sentences

這是非常昂貴的。
This is very expensive.
如今肉類價格昂貴。
Meat is expensive nowadays.
生活在日本很昂貴。
It is expensive to live in Japan.
她總是買昂貴的衣服。
She always buys expensive clothes.

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Related words

昂贵 expensive 高昂 to hold (one's head) high 昂山 Aung San (1915-1947), Burmese general and politician, hero of Myanmar independence movement and father of Aung San Su Kyi 昂山素季[Áng Shān Sù Jì]低昂 ups and down 卡昂 Caen (French town)昂仁 see 昂仁县[Áng rén Xiàn]激昂 impassioned 昂首 head high 昂奋 buoyant 鲁昂 Rouen (France)轩昂 high 德昂 De'ang ethnic group