Usage of the character 仰
Yǎng
仰
[仰]
- surname Yang
yǎng
仰
[仰]
- to face upward
- to look up
- to admire
- to rely on
yǎngtóu
仰头
[仰頭]
- to raise one's head
yǎngjiǎo
仰角
[仰角]
- (math.) angle of elevation
jiǔyǎng
久仰
[久仰]
- honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you.
- It's an honor to meet you at last.
zhānyǎng
瞻仰
[瞻仰]
- to revere
- to admire
yǎngtiān
仰天
[仰天]
- to face upwards
- to look up to the sky
yǎngzhàng
仰仗
[仰仗]
- to rely on
- to depend on
qīnyǎng
钦仰
[欽仰]
- to admire and respect
jìngyǎng
敬仰
[敬仰]
- to revere
- highly esteemed
yǎnglài
仰赖
[仰賴]
- to rely on
yǎngshì
仰视
[仰視]
- to tilt one's head back to see (sth)
- to look up at
jǐngyǎng
景仰
[景仰]
- to admire
- to revere
- to look up to
Yǎngsháo
仰韶
[仰韶]
- Yangshao culture (archaeological period with red and black pottery)
yǎngyǒng
仰泳
[仰泳]
- backstroke
yǎngwò
仰卧
[仰臥]
- to lie supine
xìnyǎng
信仰
[信仰]
- to believe in (a religion)
- firm belief
- conviction
yǎngwàng
仰望
[仰望]
- to look up at
- to look up to sb hopefully
Yǎngguāng
仰光
[仰光]
- Yangon (Rangoon), city, capital of Myanmar from 1948 to 2006
yǎngtǎng
仰躺
[仰躺]
- to lie on one's back
fǔyǎng
俯仰
[俯仰]
- lowering and raising of the head
- (fig.) small move
- pitch (position angle)
yǎngmù
仰慕
[仰慕]
- to admire
yǎngwū
仰屋
[仰屋]
- to lie looking at the ceiling (in despair)
yǎngwòshì
仰卧式
[仰臥式]
- corpse pose (yoga)
xìnyǎngzhě
信仰者
[信仰者]
- believer
yǔshìfǔyǎng
与世俯仰
[與世俯仰]
- to swim with the tide (idiom)
jiǔyǎngdàmíng
久仰大名
[久仰大名]
- I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
rényǎngmǎfān
人仰马翻
[人仰馬翻]
- to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom)
- in a pitiful state
- in a complete mess
- to roll (with laughter)
yǎngrénbíxī
仰人鼻息
[仰人鼻息]
- to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
yǎngwūxīngtàn
仰屋兴叹
[仰屋興嘆]
- to stare at the ceiling in despair
- to find no way out
- nothing you can do about it
- at the end of one's wits
fǔyǎngzhījiān
俯仰之间
[俯仰之間]
- in a flash
fǔyǎngwúkuì
俯仰无愧
[俯仰無愧]
- to have a clear conscience
xiàobùkěyǎng
笑不可仰
[笑不可仰]
- to double up with laughter (idiom)
yǎngwūzhùshū
仰屋著书
[仰屋著書]
- lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
yǎngwòqǐzuò
仰卧起坐
[仰臥起坐]
- sit-up (physical exercise)
qiánfǔhòuyǎng
前俯后仰
[前俯後仰]
- to rock one's body backward and forward
- to be convulsed (with laughter etc)
zhòngrénjìngyǎng
众人敬仰
[眾人敬仰]
- universally admired
- highly esteemed by everyone
zuānjiānyǎnggāo
钻坚仰高
[鑽堅仰高]
- lit. looking up to it, it gets higher; boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analects)
- fig. to delve deeply into one's studies
- meticulous and diligent study
sìyǎngbāchā
四仰八叉
[四仰八叉]
- sprawled out on one's back (idiom)
qiányǎnghòuhé
前仰后合
[前仰後合]
- to sway to and fro
- to rock back and forth
Yǎngsháowénhuà
仰韶文化
[仰韶文化]
- Yangshao neolithic culture from the central Yellow river basin, with red and black pottery
Yǎngguāng Dà Jīntǎ
仰光大金塔
[仰光大金塔]
- Great Pagoda of Yangon (Rangoon)