扬 (yáng): abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州 in Jiangsu, to raise, to hoist
扬 (yáng) is a Chinese character meaning “abbr. for yangzhou 揚州|扬州 in jiangsu.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 昜 (phonetic). It ranks #1083 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 扬 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州 in Jiangsu
- to raise
- to hoist
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 扬
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赞扬 | zàn yáng | to praise |
| 宣扬 | xuān yáng | to publicize |
| 张扬 | zhāng yáng | to display ostentatiously |
| 扬声器 | yáng shēng qì | speaker |
| 分道扬镳 | fēn dào yáng biāo | lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom) |
| 飞扬 | fēi yáng | to rise |
| 扬基 | yáng jī | (loanword) Yankee (esp. the New York Yankees baseball team) |
| 扬帆 | yáng fān | to set sail |
| 发扬 | fā yáng | to develop |
| 趾高气扬 | zhǐ gāo qì yáng | high and mighty (idiom) |
| 飘扬 | piāo yáng | to wave |
| 扬名 | yáng míng | to become famous |
| 沸沸扬扬 | fèi fèi yáng yáng | bubbling and gurgling |
| 扬言 | yáng yán | to put about (a story, plan, threat etc) |
| 颂扬 | sòng yáng | to eulogize |
扬 appears in 90 compound words: 32 as the first character, 43 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 扬 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (25)
Showing 12 of 25 idioms containing 扬.
Example Sentences
扬照镜子，整理一下自己的仪容。
yáng zhào jìng zǐ , zhěng lǐ yī xià zì jǐ de yí róng .
Look in the mirror and tidy up your appearance.
...回魂! 道指强弹400点 台积电ADR劲扬4%
. . . huí hún ! dào zhǐ qiáng dàn 4 0 0 diǎn tái jī diàn A D R jìn yáng 4
... Return to the soul! The Dow rebounded 400 points, and TSMC ADR rose 4%
十五五开局之年 港沪大湾区策马扬鞭 互补共振
shí wǔ wǔ kāi jú zhī nián gǎng hù dà wān qū cè mǎ yáng biān hù bǔ gòng zhèn
In the first year of the 15th Five-Year Plan, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Greater Bay Area rode horses and whipped each other to complement each other
...天乐现身演协春茗送惊喜 刘江演艺贡献获表扬:我未够资格
. . . tiān lè xiàn shēn yǎn xié chūn 茗 sòng jīng xǐ liú jiāng yǎn yì gòng xiàn huò biǎo yáng : wǒ wèi gòu zī gé
... Tianle appeared in the Spring Tea of the Acting Association to send a surprise Liu Jiang's acting contribution was praised: I am not qualified enough
台湾素食龙头弘扬食品 投资4亿打造首座绿电智慧新厂
tái wān sù shí lóng tóu hóng yáng shí pǐn tóu zī 4 yì dǎ zào shǒu zuò lǜ diàn zhì huì xīn hǎn
Taiwan's vegetarian leader promotes food and invests 400 million yuan to build the first green power smart factory
特朗普再轰台湾“偷走晶片”:扬言靠关税逼制造业回流美国
tè lǎng pǔ zài hōng tái wān tōu zǒu jīng piàn : yáng yán kào guān shuì bī zhì zào yè huí liú měi guó
Trump bombarded Taiwan again for "stealing chips": threatening to force manufacturing back to the United States with tariffs
马克是如此的诚实所以每个人都赞扬他。
Mǎkè shì rúcǐ de chéngshí suǒyǐ měigerén dōu zànyáng tā.
Mark is so honest that everybody commends him for it.
克里斯扬起他的剑。
Kè lǐ sī yángqǐ tā de jiàn.
Chris swung his sword!
赞扬比批评更容易让人接受。
Zànyáng bǐ pīpíng gèng róngyì ràng rén jiēshòu.
People can accept praise more easily than criticism.
别那么趾高气扬，汤姆。
Bié nàme zhǐgāo-qìyáng, Tāngmǔ.
Get off your high horse, Tom.
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