Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 样

manner
pattern
way
appearance
shape
classifier: kind, type

style
type
model

all kinds

example
model
CL:個／个 (gè)

sample; sampling

see 樣子／样子 (yàngzi)

sample sheet; form
(computing) stylesheet

to take a sample

seemly
presentable

sample chapter

look
style
appearance
approximation
about
CL:個／个 (gè)
also pr. (móyàng)

diverse
diversity
manifold

this kind of
so
this way
like this
such

same
similar
same type

appearance
manner
pattern
model

to lose shape
to deform

form
pattern

that kind
that sort

model or template character
written slogan or phrase
mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc)

not the same; different

sample; specimen

pattern
way of doing sth
trick
ruse
fancy-style (as in 花樣滑冰／花样滑冰 (huāyànghuábīng) figure skating)

prototype

appearance; manifestation

urine sample

galley proof (printing)
unimpressive
(coll.) little guy (mild insult also used as an affectionate term)

template
prototype
model
example

different kind of
another sort of
special
unusual

official manner

variant of 像樣／像样 (xiàngyàng)

sample; model; example

arrogant
full-page proofs (of newspaper)
detailed drawing

retention sample
(of a manufacturer, esp. of food or drugs) to retain a sample of a batch of a product (abbr. for 保留樣品／保留样品 (bǎoliúyàngpǐn))

presentable
decent
up to par

same
like
equal to
the same as
just like

same; equal; similar
similarly; also; too

to follow suit
to imitate sb's example

original shape
the same as before

adenoid gland
pharyngeal tonsil

(printing) proof; specimen page
sample photograph
(fashion design) pattern sheet

sample; specimen

proofs (printing)

paper pattern as model in dressmaking
paper patten

many different types

as before
(same) as usual
in the same manner
still
nevertheless

odd expression
funny looks
queer face
to grimace
to give sb funny looks
to pull faces

diagram
blueprint

style

enigmatic

difference
peculiar

several kinds

type
style

to change (appearance)
to change shape

how
what kind

sampling

to change completely

diversification
to diversify

(vulgar, offensive) a person's repulsive appearance

appearance
manner

(idiom) a good person, used to praise sb's moral integrity or courage

to lose shape
to deform

to play tricks
to cheat
to deceive

see 一樣／一样 (yīyàng)

thus
in this way

how?
how about?
how was it?
how are things?

what kind?; what sort?

illusion

to do sth for show
to keep up appearances

in no shape to be seen
unpresentable
beyond recognition

it seems
it looks as if

figure skates

so
such
this way
like this

zhàoyuányàng

to copy
to follow the original shape
faithful restoration

sampling rate

erhua variant of 變樣／变样 (biànyàng)

seemly
presentable

different
distinctive
unlike

model theater (operas and ballets produced during the Cultural Revolution)

old situation
things as they were

variegation; diversity

to play tricks on sb

rénmúgǒuyàng

(idiom) to pose
to put on airs
Taiwan pr. (rénmógǒuyàng)

erhua variant of 搞花樣／搞花样 (gǎohuāyàng)

zhèyàngyīlái

thus
if this happens then

guàimúguàiyàng

outlandish
strange-looking
grotesque

yǒuyàngxuéyàng

to imitate what sb else does; to follow sb's example

huāyàngniánhuá

full bloom of youth

liǎngyàngdōngxi

two distinct things

huāyànghuábīng

figure skating

gèshìgèyàng

(of) all kinds and sorts
various

guānyàngwénzhāng

officialese
red tape

gèzhǒnggèyàng

various kinds
all sorts

(idiom) diverse; various; all kinds of

kēyányàngjī

research prototype

xiàngmúxiàngyàng

solemn
presentable
decent
Taiwan pr. (xiàngmóxiàngyàng)

zhuāngmózuòyàng

to put on an act (idiom); to show affectation
to indulge in histrionics

kōngqìqǔyàng

air sampling

fǎnzhèngyīyàng

whether it's right or wrong doesn't make a lot of difference
six of one and half a dozen of the other
as broad as it is long

bùguǎnzěnyàng

in any case; no matter what

exactly the same (idiom)
carbon copy
also pr. (yīmóyīyàng)

not up to much
very indifferent
nothing great about it
nothing good to be said about it

zhōuyàngyìnghuà

atherosclerosis
hardening of the arteries

yàngtiáohánshù

spline function (math.)

huāyàngyóuyǒng

synchronized swimming

qǔyàngshùliàng

sample size (statistics)

duōzhǒngduōyàng

manifold
all sorts
many and varied

boldly; ostentatiously
poised; self-assured
Taiwan pr. (dàmódàyàng)

bùchéngyàngzi

shapeless
deformed
ruined
beyond recognition
(of a person) reduced to a shadow

túyàngtúsēnpò

图样图森破

[圖樣圖森破]

(Internet slang) to have a simplistic view of sth (transcription of "too young, too simple" – English words spoken by Jiang Zemin 江澤民／江泽民 ( Jiāng Zémín) in chastizing Hong Kong reporters in 2000)

yītiānyīgeyàng

一天一个样

[一天一個樣]

to change from day to day

shēngmìngduōyàngxìng

生命多样性

[生命多樣性]

biodiversity

yínyànglàqiāngtóu

银样镴枪头

[銀樣鑞槍頭]

silvery spear point actually made of pewter (idiom); fig. worthless despite an attractive exterior

yīyànghuàhúlu

依样画葫芦

[依樣畫葫蘆]

lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom)
fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality

shēngwùduōyàngxìng

生物多样性

[生物多樣性]

biodiversity

kōngqìqǔyàngqì

空气取样器

[空氣取樣器]

air sampler

dòngmàizhōuyàngyìnghuà

动脉粥样硬化

[動脈粥樣硬化]

atherosclerosis

làyàngyábāogǎnjūn

蜡样芽孢杆菌

[蠟樣芽孢桿菌]

(microbiology) Bacillus cereus

xuèguǎnzhōuyàngyìnghuà

血管粥样硬化

[血管粥樣硬化]

atherosclerosis
hardening of the arteries

bùpàshényīyàngdeduìshǒu,jiùpàzhūyīyàngdeduìyǒu

不怕神一样的对手，就怕猪一样的队友

[不怕神一樣的對手，就怕豬一樣的隊友]

(idiom) a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent