昂 (áng): to lift, to raise, to raise one's head
昂 (áng) is a Chinese character meaning “to lift.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 日 (semantic) and 卬 (phonetic). It ranks #1926 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 昂 sun. Its radical form 日 (sun) appears in many related characters such as 日 (rì, sun, day), 早 (zǎo, early, morning), 时 (shí, time, hour).
Definitions
- to lift
- to raise
- to raise one's head
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 昂
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 里昂proper-noun | lǐ áng | Lyon, French city on the Rhône |
| 高昂adjective | gāo áng | to hold (one's head) high |
| 昂首阔步phrase | áng shǒu kuò bù | striding forward with head high (idiom) |
| 激昂adjective | jī áng | impassioned |
| 塞拉利昂proper-noun | sài lā lì áng | Sierra Leone |
| 斗志昂扬phrase | dòu zhì áng yáng | having high fighting spirit |
| 昂首挺胸 | áng shǒu tǐng xiōng | head high, chest out (idiom) |
| 李昂 | lǐ áng | Li Ang, personal name of fifteenth Tang emperor Wenzong 文宗 (809-840), reigned 827-840 |
| 昂首verb | áng shǒu | head high |
| 氟利昂noun | fú lì áng | freon (chemistry) |
| 慷慨激昂phrase | kāng kǎi jī áng | impassioned |
| 莱昂纳多proper-noun | lái áng nà duō | Leonardo (name) |
| 鲁昂 | lǔ áng | Rouen (France) |
| 昂然adjective | áng rán | upright and unafraid |
| 昂扬adjective | áng yáng | elated |
昂 appears in 44 compound words: 48 as the first character, 41 as the last, and 11 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 昂 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (8)
head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits; in fine mettle (of animal)
head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits; in fine mettle (of animal)
Example Sentences
昂出时分，渔民们已经出海捕鱼了。
áng chū shí fēn , yú mín men yǐ jīng chū hǎi bǔ yú le .
By the time dawn broke, the fishermen had already set out to sea to catch fish.
《大行》里昂看好CDMO企业盈利能见度 首选药明康德...
dà háng lǐ áng kàn hǎo C D M O qǐ yè yíng lì néng jiàn dù shǒu xuǎn yào míng kāng dé . . .
"Big Bank" Lyon is optimistic about CDMO corporate earnings visibility and prefers WuXi AppTec...
《大行》里昂指英伟达(NVDA.US)营收增长显着加...
dà háng lǐ áng zhǐ yīng wěi dá ( N V D A . U S ) yíng shōu zēng cháng xiǎn zhe jiā . . .
"Big Bank" Lyon pointed out that Nvidia (NVDA. US) revenue growth significantly increased...
...晚机器人惊艳全球,《经济学人》为何说是“昂贵的科技泡沫”?
. . . wǎn jī qì rén jīng yàn quán qiú , jīng jì xué rén wéi hé shuō shì áng guì de kē jì pāo mò ?
... Late robots have amazed the world, why does The Economist say it is an "expensive technology bubble"?
张立昂首挑战日版《七色》 疗愈声线连日本歌手都...
zhāng lì áng shǒu tiāo zhàn rì bǎn qī sè liáo yù shēng xiàn lián rì běn gē shǒu dōu . . .
Zhang Li held his head high and challenged the Japanese version of "Seven Colors" to heal even Japanese singers...
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mǐ lán dōng ào huì D A Y 1 2 guàn sài zhǐ nán : liú shǎo áng lín xiào 埈 xié shǒu chōng jīn
Milan Winter Olympics DAY12 viewing guide: Liu Shaoang and Lin Xiaojun join hands to rush gold
列昂尼德搜寻了网际网路。
Liè áng ní dé sōuxún le wǎngjìwǎnglù.
Leonid searched the Internet.
那条裙子看起来很昂贵。
Nà tiáo qúnzi kànqǐlai hěn ángguì.
That dress seems to be very expensive.
她总是买昂贵的衣服。
Tā zǒngshì mǎi ángguì de yīfu.
She always buys expensive clothes.
生活在日本很昂贵。
Shēnghuó zài Rìběn hěn ángguì.
It is expensive to live in Japan.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 日 (sun) component
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