洋
Meanings
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- 1.ocean
- 2.vast
- 3.foreign
- 4.silver dollar or coin
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Wiktionary
- 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.foreign money; dollar (Classifier: 隻／只 w)
- 7.plain; flatland
- 8.a river in southern Shaanxi, China
- 9.a surname
- 10.(～州) Yang Prefecture (an ancient prefecture of Shaanxi, China)
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ljaŋ, *laŋ): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 羊 (OC *laŋ). ; “multitudinous; vast; ocean”: Schuessler (2007) compares it with Tibetan ཡངས་པ (yangs pa, “wide; extensive; vast; spacious”). In contrast, Starostin sets up Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lɨ̆ŋ (“wave”), encompassing this and Tibetan ཀློང (klong, “space; expanse; wave”), Burmese လှိုင်း (hluing:, “wave; to abound; plentiful”). : Compare 羕 (OC *laŋs, “(of rivers) long”), 漾 (OC *laŋs, “waves; (of rivers) long”). ; "vast expanse of flat land"
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
這些洋裝太大。
These dresses are too large.
洋蔥比馬鈴薯快熟。
Onions cook more quickly than potatoes.
她穿著漂亮的洋裝。
She wore a beautiful dress.
我不喜歡洋蔥的味道。
I don't like the taste of onions.
那件紅色的洋裝適合她。
That red dress suited her.
她穿了一件白色的洋裝。
She wore a white dress.
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Derived terms
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