Chinese Word of the Day

洋
yáng

ocean

Definitions

Chinese > English
洋	yáng
1. multitudinous; vast
2. ocean; vast area of sea; great expanse of water
太平洋 - the Pacific Ocean
3. overseas; foreign; western; imported
洋人 - foreigner (especially a westerner or Caucasian)
洋蔥 - onion, lit=Western green onion
4. modern; stylish; fashionable
5. novel; unusual
6. (historical or Shanghainese Wu) foreign money; dollar
撥我三隻洋。 - tr=4peq+3ngu&1se tsaq&3hhian, Give me three dollars., ref=2007, Qian Nairong, 上海话大词典, page 29, SH
7. (Min, Hakka, often in place names) plain; flatland
8. (historical) (place, zh, river, in southern, p/Shaanxi, c/China)
English > Chinese
ocean
1. 名词. 海洋，大洋
2. 名词. （五大洋之一的）洋
3. 名词. (喻) 大量，许多
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