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洋 yáng

sea, ocean; western, foreign

Strokes
9
Level
HSK 4
Radical
氵
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 氵羊 ⿰氵羊

Memory hint: water

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  1. 太平洋很大。
    Tàipíngyáng hěn dà.
    The Pacific Ocean is very big.
    Pacific-Ocean very big
  2. 世界上有几个大洋？
    Shìjiè shang yǒu jǐ ge dà yáng?
    How many oceans are there in the world?
    world on has how-many (measure) big ocean
  3. 我们了解一下海洋动物吧。
    Wǒmen liǎojiě yíxià hǎiyáng dòngwù ba.
    Let's learn a bit about marine animals.
    we understand a-bit ocean animal (suggestion)
  4. 他对海洋科学不太感兴趣。
    Tā duì hǎiyáng kēxué bú tài gǎn xìngqù.
    He isn't very interested in oceanography.
    he toward ocean science not too feel interest
  5. 在太平洋上，有很多美丽的岛屿。
    Zài Tàipíngyáng shang, yǒu hěn duō měilì de dǎoyǔ.
    In the Pacific Ocean, there are many beautiful islands.
    at Pacific-Ocean on, has very many beautiful (possessive) island

Words with 洋 (2)