汪 (wāng): expanse of water, ooze, (onom.) bark
汪 (wāng) is a Chinese character meaning “expanse of water.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 王 (phonetic). It ranks #1857 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 汪 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- expanse of water
- ooze
- (onom.) bark
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 汪汪 | wāng wāng | gleaming with tears |
| 泪汪汪 | lèi wāng wāng | tearful |
| 水汪汪 | shuǐ wāng wāng | watery |
| 汪洋 | wāng yáng | vast body of water |
| 油汪汪 | yóu wāng wāng | dripping with oil |
| 汪星人 | wāng xīng rén | dog (Internet slang) |
| 单身汪 | dān shēn wāng | (Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly) |
| 汪东城 | wāng dōng chéng | Jiro Wang (1981-), Taiwanese singer and actor |
| 姓蒋还是姓汪 | xìng jiǎng hái shi xìng wāng | friend or foe? (quote from 沙家浜[Sha1 jia1 bang1]) (蔣|蒋[Jiang3] here refers to Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4 shi2... |
| 汪精卫 | wāng jīng wèi | Wang Ching-wei (1883-1944), left-wing Guomingdang politician, subsequently Japanese collaborator |
| 留尼汪 | liú ní wāng | Réunion (island in Indian Ocean, a French overseas department) |
| 汪清 | wāng qīng | see 汪清縣|汪清县[Wang1 qing1 Xian4] |
| 汪清县 | wāng qīng xiàn | Wangqing, a county in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州[Yan2 bian1 Chao2 xian3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou... |
| 汪道涵 | wāng dào hán | Wang Daohan (1915-2005), former president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits |
| 贾汪区 | jiǎ wāng qū | Jiawang, a district of Xuzhou City 徐州市[Xu2 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu |
汪 appears in 17 compound words: 53 as the first character, 24 as the last, and 24 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 汪 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
孩子们喜欢在清澈的汪边玩耍，捉小鱼小虾。
hái zǐ men xǐ huān zài qīng 澈 de wāng biān wán shuǎ , zhuō xiǎo yú xiǎo xiā .
Children love to play by the clear stream, catching little fish and shrimp.
再有民企老板出事 常州首富汪立平被拘留
zài yǒu mín qǐ lǎo bǎn chū shì cháng zhōu shǒu fù wāng lì píng bèi jū liú
Another Private Enterprise Owner in Trouble: Changzhou’s Richest Man, Wang Liping, Detained
汪志雄观点:院长包机看球赛,国人包车逃战火
wāng zhì xióng guàn diǎn : yuàn cháng bāo jī kàn qiú sài , guó rén bāo chē táo zhàn huǒ
Wang Zhixiong's Perspective: While the Dean Charters a Plane to Watch a Soccer Match, Chinese Citizens Charter Buses to Flee the War
【时光外的画里干坤】汪汉澄/花的名字
shí guāng wài de huà lǐ gān 坤 wāng hàn chéng huā de míng zì
Wang Hancheng/The name of the flower
...26台北宠物展!现场申办会员宠物卡送“i汪喵磁吸光明灯”
. . . 2 6 tái běi chǒng wù zhǎn ! xiàn chǎng shēn bàn huì yuán chǒng wù kǎ sòng i wāng 喵 cí xī guāng míng dēng
... 26 Taipei Pet Show! Apply for a member pet card on the spot and receive "i Wang Meow Magnetic Light"
Character Family
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