样 (yàng): manner, pattern, way
样 (yàng) is a Chinese character meaning “manner.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 羊 (phonetic). It ranks #88 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 样 tree. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- manner
- pattern
- way
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 样
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 这样pronoun | zhè yàng | this way | 2 |
| 一样adjective | yī yàng | same | 3 |
| 怎么样pronoun | zěn me yàng | how? | 1 |
| 那样pronoun | nà yàng | that kind | 2 |
| 怎样pronoun | zěn yàng | how | 3 |
| 样子noun | yàng zi | appearance | 4 |
| 同样adjective | tóng yàng | same | 4 |
| 一模一样phrase | yī mú yī yàng | (idiom) exactly alike | 6 |
| 模样noun | mú yàng | look | 6 |
| 榜样noun | bǎng yàng | model | 6 |
| 样式noun | yàng shì | type | 5 |
| 多样adjective | duō yàng | diverse | 4 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 什么样pronoun | shén me yàng | what kind? |
| 不管怎样phrase | bù guǎn zěn yàng | in any case |
| 样本noun | yàng běn | sample |
| 花样noun | huā yàng | pattern |
| 各种各样phrase | gè zhǒng gè yàng | various kinds |
| 看样子verb | kàn yàng zi | it seems |
| 像样adjective | xiàng yàng | presentable |
| 样品noun | yàng pǐn | sample |
| 照样adverb | zhào yàng | as before |
| 原样noun | yuán yàng | original shape |
| 装模作样 | zhuāng mó zuò yàng | (idiom) to put on an act |
| 一个样 | yī ge yàng | the same |
| 各式各样adjective | gè shì gè yàng | (of) all kinds and sorts |
| 取样verb | qǔ yàng | to take a sample |
| 样板noun | yàng bǎn | template |
样 appears in 100 compound words: 14 as the first character, 62 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 样 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (14)
Showing 12 of 14 idioms containing 样.
Example Sentences
他做事的方式很特别，总能用不同的角度解决问题。
Tā zuòshì de fāngshì hěn tèbié, zǒng néng yòng bùtóng de jiǎodù jiějué wèntí.
His way of doing things is very special; he can always solve problems from different angles.
花样年境外债重组 终获债权人批准
huā yàng nián jìng wài zhài chóng zǔ zhōng huò zhài quán rén pī zhǔn
Fantasia's overseas debt restructuring was finally approved by creditors
马年投资4主轴曝光 王春盛分析师这样说
mǎ nián tóu zī 4 zhǔ zhóu pù guāng wáng chūn shèng fēn xī shī zhè yàng shuō
The 4 main axes of investment in the Year of the Horse were exposed, and analyst Wang Chunsheng said so
与沈腾马丽一起“搭戏”的机器人,还藏着这样的技术突..
yú 沈 téng mǎ lí yī qǐ dā xì de jī qì rén , hái zàng zhe zhè yàng de jì shù tū . .
With Shen Teng Ma Li with the "play" robot, but also hides such a technologi...
高墙内外 别样新春
gāo qiáng nèi wài bié yàng xīn chūn
Inside and Outside the Walls: A Different Kind of Spring Festival
上海人能把“马”吃出多少新花样?
shǎng hǎi rén néng bǎ mǎ chī chū duō shǎo xīn huā yàng ?
How many new ways can Shanghai locals come up with to enjoy horse meat?
我们去滑雪怎么样？
Wǒmen qù huáxuě zěnmeyàng?
What do you say we go skiing?
我们今晚出去吃饭，你说怎么样？
Wǒmen jīnwǎn chūqù chīfàn, nǐ shuō zěnmeyàng?
What do you say to dining out tonight?
“你感觉怎么样？”他问。
"Nǐ gǎnjué zěnmeyàng?" tā wèn.
"How do you feel?" he asked.
他们都是一样的吗？
Tāmen dōu shì yīyàng de ma?
Are they all the same?
Character Family
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