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Usage of the character 仰

Yǎng
[仰]
  • surname Yang
yǎng
[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)