仰 (yǎng): to face upward, to look up, to admire, to rely on
仰 (yǎng) is a Chinese character meaning “to face upward.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (structural) and 卬 (structural). It ranks #1360 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 仰 to exalt 卬 a person 亻. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- to face upward
- to look up
- to admire
- to rely on
Etymology & Origin
ideographicTo exalt 卬 a person 亻
Decomposition: ⿰亻卬 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 信仰verb | xìn yǎng | to believe in (a religion) |
| 久仰verb | jiǔ yǎng | honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you. |
| 仰慕verb | yǎng mù | to admire |
| 仰望verb | yǎng wàng | to look up at |
| 敬仰verb | jìng yǎng | to revere |
| 景仰verb | jǐng yǎng | to admire |
| 仰仗verb | yǎng zhàng | to rely on |
| 仰卧起坐noun | yǎng wò qǐ zuò | sit-up (physical exercise) |
| 仰光proper-noun | yǎng guāng | Yangon (Rangoon), city, capital of Myanmar from 1948 to 2006 |
| 瞻仰verb | zhān yǎng | to revere |
| 仰头verb | yǎng tóu | to raise one's head |
| 仰视verb | yǎng shì | to tilt one's head back to see (sth) |
| 仰卧verb | yǎng wò | to lie supine |
| 人仰马翻phrase | rén yǎng mǎ fān | to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom) |
| 仰赖verb | yǎng lài | to rely on |
仰 appears in 40 compound words: 53 as the first character, 28 as the last, and 20 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 仰 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (12)
to rock one's body backward and forward; to be convulsed (with laughter etc)
to stare at the ceiling in despair; to find no way out; nothing you can do about it
to rock one's body backward and forward; to be convulsed (with laughter etc)
to stare at the ceiling in despair; to find no way out; nothing you can do about it
Showing 10 of 12 idioms containing 仰.
Example Sentences
仰望星空，让人感到宇宙的浩瀚和人类的渺小。
Yǎngwàng xīngkōng, ràng rén gǎndào yǔzhòu de hàohàn hé rénlèi de miǎoxiǎo.
Looking up at the starry sky makes one feel the vastness of the universe and the smallness of humanity.
评论员:致敬永不褪色的信仰
píng lùn yuán : zhì jìng yǒng bù 褪 sè de xìn yǎng
Commentator: A Tribute to an Unwavering Faith
2026款仰望U8到店,相较于之前究竟升级了哪些地方...
2 0 2 6 kuǎn yǎng wàng U 8 dào diàn , xiāng jiào yú zhī qián jiū jìng shēng jí le nǎ xiē dì fāng . . .
The 2026 Yangwang U8 has arrived in showrooms—what exactly has been upgraded compared to the previous model...
小米:天堂急跌地狱,拿什么撑住信仰?-FX168
xiǎo mǐ : tiān táng jí diē dì yù , ná shén má chēng zhù xìn yǎng ? F X 1 6 8
Xiaomi: From Heaven to Hell in a Flash—What Can Keep the Faith Alive? - FX168
...深度] 美债成地缘博弈支点 川普议程还要仰赖盟友撑场
. . . shēn dù měi zhài chéng dì yuán bó yì zhī diǎn chuān pǔ yì chéng hái yāo yǎng lài méng yǒu chēng chǎng
... U.S. debt becomes the fulcrum of the geopolitical game, and Trump's agenda also relies on allies to support the field
神韻展現對神的信仰 令牙醫「深受鼓舞」
shén 韻 zhǎn 現 對 shén de xìn yǎng lìng yá 醫 shēn shòu gǔ wǔ
Dentists "Inspired" by Divine Rhythm's Show of Faith in God
法律必须被信仰，否则形同虚设。
Fǎlǜ bìxū bèi xìnyǎng, fǒuzé xíngtóngxūshè.
One must have conviction in law, or its existence will be superficial only.
现代人太仰赖手机。
Xiàndàirén tài yǎnglài shǒujī.
People rely too much on phones these days.
巴哈伊信仰是个很棒的宗教。
Bāhāyī xìnyǎng shì gè hěn bàng de zōngjiào.
The Baha'i Faith is a very cool religion.
萨哈达在伊斯兰教是信仰的证明。
Sà hǎdá zài Yīsīlánjiào shì xìnyǎng de zhèngmíng.
In Islam, the shahada is the testimony of faith.
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