yáng
ocean
vast
foreign
silver dollar or coin
liú yáng
to study abroad (old term)
same as 留學|留学
xī yáng
the West (Europe and North America)
countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional)
Dōng yáng
Japan (old)
East Asian countries
Nán yáng
Southeast Asia
South seas
xǐ qì yáng yáng
full of joy (idiom); jubilation
wāng yáng
vast body of water
CL:片[pian4]
běi yáng
the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong
yáng cōng
onion (Allium cepa)
bulb onion
yáng yáng
vast
impressive
self-satisfied
immensely pleased with oneself
yáng qì
trendy
fashionable
foreign styles and trends
sān yáng
Sanyō, Japanese electronics company
xún yáng jiàn
cruiser (warship)
battle cruiser
yáng wá wá
doll
baby of mixed Chinese and Overseas parentage (colloquial)
yuǎn yáng
distant seas
the open ocean (far from the coast)
Yáng jī
see 洋基隊|洋基队[Yang2 ji1 dui4]
New York Yankees (US baseball team)
rè qíng yáng yì
brimming with enthusiasm (idiom); full of warmth
yáng gān jú
Matricaria recutita
chamomile
guó jiā hǎi yáng jú
State Oceanic Administration (PRC)
dé yì yáng yáng
joyfully satisfied
to be immensely proud of oneself
proudly
an air of complacency
yáng wù
foreign affairs (in Qing times)
foreign learning
Tài píng yáng Zhàn zhēng
Pacific war between Japan and the US, 1941-1945
xià xī yáng
to sail West (from China)
refers to Zhenghe's 15th century expeditions to the Western Pacific
yáng yáng sǎ sǎ
voluminous
flowing (of speeches, articles etc) (idiom)
Yáng pǔ
see 洋浦經濟開發區|洋浦经济开发区[Yang2 pu3 jing1 ji4 kai1 fa1 qu1]
yáng yáng dé yì
immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)
proud
complacent
chóng yáng mèi wài
to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
Yáng xiàn
Yang county in Hànzhōng 漢中|汉中[Hàn zhōng], Shǎnxī
Nán yáng shāng bào
Nanyang Siang Pau (Malay's oldest newspaper), www.nanyang.com
yáng guǐ zi
foreign devil
term of abuse for Westerners
Yáng wù Yùn dòng
Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 自強運動|自强运动
yáng huò
Western goods
imported goods (in former times)
xī yáng cài
watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
Nán yáng Lǐ gōng Dà xué
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Shā yáng
Shayang county in Jingmen 荊門|荆门[Jing1 men2], Hubei
běi yáng jūn fá
the Northern Warlords (1912-1927)
Guǎng dōng Hǎi yáng Dà xué
Guangdong Ocean University
Běi yáng zhèng fǔ
the Warlord government of Northern China that developed from the Qing Beiyang army 北洋軍閥|北洋军阀 after the Xinhai revolution of 1911
Zhōng guó Hǎi yáng Shí yóu Zǒng gōng sī
CNOOC
China National Offshore Oil Corporation
Běi yáng jūn
north China army, a modernizing Western-style army set up during late Qing, and a breeding ground for the Northern Warlords after the Qinghai revolution
yáng xiàng
social gaffe or blunder
faux pas
see 出洋相[chu1 yang2 xiang4]
yáng piān
children's game played with illustrated cards
pogs
menko (Japan)
chū yáng xiàng
to make a fool of oneself
yáng wèi
Western taste
Western style
yáng qiāng
western style guns (in former times)
yáng huái
black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)
yáng yáng zì dé
immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)
proud
complacent
yáng bái cài
cabbage (round cabbage most commonly found in Western countries)
Yáng jī duì
New York Yankees (US baseball team)
shí lǐ yáng chǎng
the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements
(fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city
Yáng shān gǎng
Yangshan terminal, port of Shanghai
Běi yáng shuǐ shī
north China navy (esp. the ill-fated Chinese navy in the 1895 war with Japan)
yáng wù pài
the foreign learning or Westernizing faction in the late Qing
Shā yáng xiàn
Shayang county in Jingmen 荊門|荆门[Jing1 men2], Hubei
xī yáng jìng
(old) peep show
(fig.) hanky-panky
trickery
Yáng pǔ jīng jì kāi fā qū
Yangpu Economic Development Zone, Hainan
Běi Dà xī yáng · gōng yuē · zǔ zhī
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO
Zhōng yuǎn Tài píng yáng
COSCO Pacific Limited, major freight company
Lián hé guó Hǎi yáng fǎ Gōng yuē
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
yáng qiāng yáng diào
to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)
tǔ yáng jié hé
combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
Tài píng yáng qū yù
the Pacific region
the Pacific rim
Shān kǒu yáng
Singkawang city (Kalimantan, Indonesia)
yáng qín
variant of 揚琴|扬琴[yang2 qin2]
yáng dǐ
ocean floor
bottom of the ocean
yáng jiào
foreign religion (esp. Western Christianity in Qing China)
Huán Tài píng yáng dì zhèn dài
Pacific rim seismic belt
Ring of fire
yáng qián
foreign money
flat silver (former coinage)
also written 銀元|银元
yín yáng
flat silver (former coinage)
also written 銀元|银元
fú Qīng miè yáng
Support the Qing, annihilate the West! (Boxer rebellion slogan)
yáng zhōng jǐ
mid-ocean ridge (geology)
dà yáng zhōng jǐ
mid-ocean ridge (geology)
Dōng yáng guǐ
foreign devil
wartime term of abuse for Japanese
yáng huái shù
black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)
Běi yáng lù jūn
north China army (esp. during the warlords period)
Tài gǔ yáng háng
Butterfield and Swire (Hong Kong banking giant)
Dōng yáng guǐ zi
foreign devil
wartime term of abuse for Japanese
yáng yuán
Westerner employed in Qing China (as professor or military advisor etc)
zhōng yáng jǐ
mid-ocean ridge (geology)
Běi yáng xì
Beiyang faction of Northern Warlords
tài píng yáng zhōu biān
variant of 太平洋週邊|太平洋周边, Pacific Rim
Huán Tài píng yáng huǒ shān dài
Pacific rim volcanic belt
Ring of fire
zhōng yuǎn Tài píng yáng yǒu xiàn gōng sī
COSCO Pacific Limited, major freight company
hǎi yáng wēn chā fā diàn
ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC)
yáng wù xué táng
college of Western learning in late Qing
yáng pú táo
love apple
wax apple
Syzygium samarangense (botany)
yàng huà r
children's game played with illustrated cards
pogs
menko (Japan)
Wàn yáng shān
Mt Wanyang between Jiangxi and Hunan
yáng piāo zú
lit. ocean drifting people
job-hopping foreigner
Dà xī yáng guó
Historical name for Portugal during the Qing dynasty
tǔ yáng bìng jǔ
combining native and foreign methods
yáng chǎng è shào
city infested with foreign adventurers (esp of Shanghai in pre-liberation China) (idiom)
yáng yáng dà piān
lit. an ocean of writing
an impressive literary work (idiom)
Dōng Tài píng yáng lóng qǐ
East Pacific rise (a mid-oceanic ridge stretching from California down to Antarctica)
máo yáng huái
rose acacia (Robinia hispida, a false acacia)
yáng huà r
children's game played with illustrated cards
pogs
menko (Japan)
yáng piàn
children's game played with illustrated cards
pogs
menko (Japan)
yáng yàn
(bird species of China) Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
yáng wén
foreign language (esp. Western) (old)
yáng zǐ jīng
Hong Kong orchid (Bauhinia blakeana)
Yáng Xiàn
Yang County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中[Han4 zhong1], Shaanxi
yáng zuì
terrible pain
torture
(coll.) pain suffered at the hand of foreigners
yuǎn dù chóng yáng
to travel across the oceans
xī yáng jǐng
see 西洋鏡|西洋镜[xi1 yang2 jing4]
xī yáng shēn
American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)
xī Tài píng Yáng
the western Pacific Ocean
yáng huà
foreign language (esp. Western)
Yáng shān Gǎng
see 洋山深水港[Yang2 shan1 Shen1 shui3 gang3]
Yáng shān Shēn shuǐ gǎng
Yangshan Deep-Water Port (near Shanghai)
Tài gǔ Yáng háng
Butterfield and Swire (Hong Kong bank)
Guó jiā Hǎi yáng jú
State Oceanic Administration (PRC)
Nán yáng Shāng Bào
Nanyang Siang Pau (Malay's oldest newspaper)
Běi yáng Jūn fá
the Northern Warlords (1912-1927)
Běi yáng
the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong
Běi Dà xī Yáng Gōng yuē Zǔ zhī
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO
Liú Yáng
Liu Yang (1978-), China's first female astronaut in space (June 16, 2012)
Tài píng Yáng Qū yù
the Pacific Region
the Pacific Rim
Tài píng Yáng Zhōu biān
variant of 太平洋週邊|太平洋周边[Tai4 ping2 Yang2 Zhou1 bian1], Pacific Rim
yáng wá wa
doll (of Western appearance)
Dōng yáng huà
Japanese (language) (old)
wàng yáng xīng tàn
lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom)
fig. to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)
wàng yáng
(literary) to gaze in the air
chóng yáng
to idolize foreign things
Tài píng Yáng qián niǎo
(bird species of China) Pacific loon (Gavia pacifica)
Tài píng Yáng Zhàn zhēng
Pacific War between Japan and the US, 1941-1945
Sān yáng
Sanyō, Japanese electronics company