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洋
Trad. 洋
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(Bushou)		 水
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Decomp. 氵羊
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洋 yáng ocean / vast / foreign / silver dollar or coin
Results beginning with 洋
洋溢 yáng yì brimming with / steeped in
洋葱 yáng cōng onion (Allium cepa) / bulb onion
洋人 yáng rén foreigner / Westerner
洋洋 yáng yáng vast / impressive / self-satisfied / immensely pleased with oneself
洋装 yáng zhuāng Western-style dress
洋务 yáng wù foreign affairs (in Qing times) / foreign learning
洋妞 yáng niū young foreign girl
洋行 yáng háng foreign firm (old)
洋芋 yáng yù (dialect) potato
洋相 yáng xiàng social gaffe or blunder / faux pas / see 出洋相[chu1 yang2 xiang4]
洋货 yáng huò Western goods / imported goods (in former times)
洋浦 Yáng pǔ see 洋浦經濟開發區|洋浦经济开发区[Yang2 pu3 jing1 ji4 kai1 fa1 qu1]
洋气 yáng qì Western style / foreign flavor / trendy / fashionable
洋流 yáng liú ocean current
洋面 yáng miàn ocean surface
洋红 yáng hóng carmine / magenta
洋服 yáng fú Western-style clothes
洋车 yáng chē rickshaw
洋槐 yáng huái black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)
洋火 yáng huǒ (coll.) matches (old)
洋椿  cigarbox
洋布 yáng bù machine-woven cloth (old)
洋菜 yáng cài agar
洋底 yáng dǐ ocean floor / bottom of the ocean
洋粉 yáng fěn agar
洋镐 yáng gǎo pickaxe
洋鬼 yáng guǐ see 洋鬼子[yang2 gui3 zi5]
洋化 yáng huà to Westernize
洋话 yáng huà foreign language (esp. Western)
洋灰 yáng huī cement
洋基 Yáng jī see 洋基隊|洋基队[Yang2 ji1 dui4] / New York Yankees (US baseball team)
洋脊 yáng jǐ mid-ocean ridge
洋蓟 yáng jì artichoke
洋碱 yáng jiǎn soap
洋姜 yáng jiāng Jerusalem artichoke
洋将 yáng jiàng (Tw) (sports) foreign player / import
洋教 yáng jiào foreign religion (esp. Western Christianity in Qing China)
洋片 yáng piàn children's game played with illustrated cards / pogs / menko (Japan)
洋钱 yáng qián foreign money / flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀元|银元
洋枪 yáng qiāng western style guns (in former times)
洋壳 yáng qiào oceanic crust (geology)
洋琴 yáng qín variant of 揚琴|扬琴[yang2 qin2]
洋苏 yáng sū sage (herb)
洋味 yáng wèi Western taste / Western style
洋文 yáng wén foreign language (esp. Western) (old)
洋县 Yáng Xiàn Yang County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中[Han4 zhong1], Shaanxi
洋学 Yáng xué Western learning
洋燕 yáng yàn (bird species of China) Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
洋油 yáng yóu imported oil / kerosene
洋员 yáng yuán Westerner employed in Qing China (as professor or military advisor etc)
洋罪 yáng zuì terrible pain / torture / (coll.) pain suffered at the hand of foreigners
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洋娃娃 yáng wá wa doll (of Western appearance)
洋鬼子 yáng guǐ zi foreign devil / term of abuse for Westerners
洋山港 Yáng shān Gǎng see 洋山深水港[Yang2 shan1 Shen1 shui3 gang3]
洋甘菊 yáng gān jú Matricaria recutita / chamomile
洋务派 yáng wù pài the foreign learning or Westernizing faction in the late Qing
洋白菜 yáng bái cài cabbage (round cabbage most commonly found in Western countries)
洋葱圈 yáng cōng quān onion ring
洋槐树 yáng huái shù black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)
洋画儿 yáng huà r children's game played with illustrated cards / pogs / menko (Japan)
洋基队 Yáng jī duì New York Yankees (US baseball team)
洋金花 yáng jīn huā Datura metel
洋垃圾 yáng lā jī trash or used goods from Western countries / the dregs of society of Western countries / Taiwan pr. [yang2 le4 se4]
洋漂族 yáng piāo zú lit. ocean drifting people / job-hopping foreigner
洋琵琶 yáng pí pá mandolin
洋蒲桃 yáng pú táo love apple / wax apple / Syzygium samarangense (botany)
洋铁箔 yáng tiě bó tinfoil / CL:張|张[zhang1]
洋香菜 yáng xiāng cài parsley
洋学堂 yáng xué táng school after the Western model, teaching subjects such as foreign languages, math, physics, chemistry etc (old)
洋芫荽 yáng yán sui parsley
洋中脊 yáng zhōng jǐ mid-ocean ridge (geology)
洋紫荆 yáng zǐ jīng Hong Kong orchid (Bauhinia blakeana)
洋紫苏 yáng zǐ sū sage (herb)
洋洋得意 yáng yáng dé yì immensely pleased with oneself (idiom) / proud / complacent
洋洋洒洒 yáng yáng sǎ sǎ voluminous / flowing (of speeches, articles etc) (idiom)
洋务运动 Yáng wù Yùn dòng Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 自強運動|自强运动
洋中岛屿  oceanic island
洋底环礁  oceanic atoll
洋场恶少 yáng chǎng è shào city infested with foreign adventurers (esp. of Shanghai in pre-Liberation China) (idiom)
洋底地壳 yáng dǐ dì qiào oceanic crust (geology)
洋腔洋调 yáng qiāng yáng diào to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)
洋务学堂 yáng wù xué táng college of Western learning in late Qing
洋洋大篇 yáng yáng dà piān lit. an ocean of writing / an impressive literary work (idiom)
洋洋自得 yáng yáng zì dé immensely pleased with oneself (idiom) / proud / complacent
洋地黄毒苷  digitoxin
洋二仙草科 yáng èr xiān cǎo kē Gunneraceae
洋泾浜英语 Yáng jīng bāng Yīng yǔ pidgin English
洋山深水港 Yáng shān Shēn shuǐ gǎng Yangshan Deep-Water Port (near Shanghai)
洋际区域管理局  Interoceanic Regional Authority
洋浦经济开发区 Yáng pǔ jīng jì kāi fā qū Yangpu Economic Development Zone, Hainan
洋际区域管理局区域计划  Regional Plan of the Interoceanic Regional Authority
Approximate Results for 洋
海洋 hǎi yáng ocean / CL:個|个[ge4]
大洋 dà yáng ocean / (old) silver dollar
西洋 xī yáng the West (Europe and North America) / countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional)
三洋 Sān yáng Sanyō, Japanese electronics company
南洋 Nán yáng Southeast Asia / South seas
远洋 yuǎn yáng distant seas / the open ocean (far from the coast)
汪洋 wāng yáng vast body of water / CL:片[pian4]
东洋 Dōng yáng Japan (old) / East Asian countries
北洋 Běi yáng the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong
留洋 liú yáng to study abroad (old term) / same as 留學|留学
崇洋 chóng yáng to idolize foreign things
重洋 chóng yáng seas and oceans
漂洋 piāo yáng to cross the ocean
出洋 chū yáng to go abroad (old)
银洋 yín yáng flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀元|银元
定洋 dìng yáng (payment) account
刘洋 Liú Yáng Liu Yang (1978-), China's first female astronaut in space (June 16, 2012)
飘洋 piāo yáng see 漂洋[piao1 yang2]
沙洋 Shā yáng Shayang county in Jingmen 荊門|荆门[Jing1 men2], Hubei
土洋 tǔ yáng domestic and foreign
望洋 wàng yáng (literary) to gaze in the air
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太平洋 Tài píng Yáng Pacific Ocean
懒洋洋 lǎn yāng yāng lazily
大西洋 Dà xī yáng Atlantic Ocean
巡洋舰 xún yáng jiàn cruiser (warship) / battle cruiser
印度洋 Yìn dù yáng Indian Ocean
暖洋洋 nuǎn yáng yáng warm / comfortably warm
下西洋 xià xī yáng to sail west (from China) (used in reference to the 15th century voyages of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2] to regions bordering the Indian Ocean)
大洋洲 Dà yáng zhōu Oceania
西洋参 xī yáng shēn American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)
喜洋洋 xǐ yáng yáng radiant with joy
白洋淀 Bái yáng diàn Lake Baiyangdian
北冰洋 Běi bīng yáng Arctic ocean
出洋相 chū yáng xiàng to make a fool of oneself
海洋学 hǎi yáng xué oceanography
西洋人 xī yáng rén Westerner
西洋镜 xī yáng jìng (old) peep show / (fig.) hanky-panky / trickery
西洋棋 xī yáng qí chess
磨洋工 mó yáng gōng to idle on the job
海洋处  ocean services
北洋军 Běi yáng jūn north China army, a modernizing Western-style army set up during late Qing, and a breeding ground for the Northern Warlords after the Qinghai revolution
北洋系 Běi yáng xì Beiyang faction of Northern Warlords
大洋鲈 dài yáng lú golden redfish / ocean perch
大洋龙 dà yáng lóng halisaurus
东洋鬼 Dōng yáng guǐ foreign devil / wartime term of abuse for Japanese
东洋话 Dōng yáng huà Japanese (language) (old)
东洋界 dōng yáng jiè Indomalayan realm
东洋鱿 dōng yáng yóu common squid
泛大洋 fàn dà yáng Panthalassis (geology)
海洋能 hǎi yáng néng sea energy
海洋区 hǎi yáng qū maritime zone
海洋体 hǎi yáng tǐ marine body
海洋性 hǎi yáng xìng maritime
海洋站 hǎi yáng zhàn ocean station
开阔洋 kāi kuò yáng open ocean
林洋港 lín yáng gǎng Lin
毛洋槐 máo yáng huái rose acacia (Robinia hispida, a false acacia)
南冰洋 Nán bīng yáng Southern Ocean
南大洋 Nán Dà yáng Southern Ocean
南极洋 nán jí yáng Southern Ocean
南洋楹 nán yáng yíng batai / jeungjing
山口洋 Shān kǒu yáng Singkawang city (Kalimantan, Indonesia)
沙洋县 Shā yáng xiàn Shayang county in Jingmen 荊門|荆门[Jing1 men2], Hubei
万洋山 Wàn yáng shān Mt Wanyang between Jiangxi and Hunan
西洋菜 xī yáng cài watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
西洋景 xī yáng jǐng see 西洋鏡|西洋镜[xi1 yang2 jing4]
西洋杉 xī yáng shān cedar
远洋区 yuàn yáng qū pelagic zone
中洋脊 zhōng yáng jǐ mid-ocean ridge (geology)
装洋蒜 zhuāng yáng suàn to feign ignorance
海洋生物 hǎi yáng shēng wù marine life
喜气洋洋 xǐ qì yáng yáng full of joy (idiom) / jubilation
西太平洋 xī Tài píng Yáng the western Pacific Ocean
海洋环境 hǎi yáng huán jìng marine environment
北洋军阀 Běi yáng Jūn fá the Northern Warlords (1912-1927)
北大西洋 Běi Dà xī yáng North Atlantic
望洋兴叹 wàng yáng xīng tàn lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom) / fig. to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)
得意洋洋 dé yì yáng yáng joyfully satisfied / to be immensely proud of oneself / proudly / an air of complacency
十里洋场 shí lǐ yáng chǎng the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements / (fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city
海洋采矿  ocean mining
海底洋嵴  submarine ridge / ridge
海洋议程  Agenda for Oceans
海洋裂开  opening of an ocean
海洋上层  upper layer of the oceans / upper ocean
海洋涡流  ocean eddy
深洋洋底  deep ocean floor
海洋倾弃  dumping at sea / ocean dumping
海洋化学  ocean chemistry
大洋环流  ocean circulation / oceanic circulation
海洋环流  ocean circulation / oceanic circulation
北洋陆军 Běi yáng lù jūn north China army (esp. during the warlords period)
北洋水师 Běi yáng shuǐ shī north China navy (esp. the ill-fated Chinese navy in the 1895 war with Japan)
北洋政府 Běi yáng zhèng fǔ the Warlord government of Northern China that developed from the Qing Beiyang army 北洋軍閥|北洋军阀 / after the Xinhai revolution of 1911
崇洋媚外 chóng yáng mèi wài to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom) / blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
大西洋鲱 dài xī yáng fēi Norwegian herring
大西洋鲔 dài xī yáng wěi Atlantic little tuna
大洋鲨鱼 dài yáng shā yú oceanic shark
大西洋国 Dà xī yáng guó Historical name for Portugal during the Qing dynasty
大洋中脊 dà yáng zhōng jǐ mid-ocean ridge (geology)
东太平洋 dōng Tài píng yáng east Pacific
东洋鬼子 Dōng yáng guǐ zi foreign devil / wartime term of abuse for Japanese
扶清灭洋 fú Qīng miè yáng Support the Qing, annihilate the West! (Boxer rebellion slogan)
古代海洋 gǔ dài hǎi yáng paleo-ocean
海洋边缘 hǎi yáng bian yuán coastal ocean / coastal sea
海洋测绘 hǎi yáng cè huì Ocean Mapping
海洋工程 hǎi yáng gōng chéng ocean engineering
海洋管理 hǎi yáng guǎn lǐ ocean management
海洋科学 hǎi yáng kē xué marine science
海洋牧场 hǎi yáng mù chǎng sea ranch
海洋酸化 hǎi yáng suān huà ocean acidification
海洋温度 hǎi yáng wēn dù ocean temperature
海洋污染 hǎi yáng wū rǎn marine pollution
海洋吸收 hǎi yáng xī shōu oceanic absorption
海洋渔业 hǎi yáng yú yè marine fishery
海洋噪声 hǎi yáng zào shēng ocean noise
环太平洋 Huán Tài píng yáng Pacific Rim
假洋鬼子 jiǎ yáng guǐ zi (derog.) wannabe foreigner, a Chinese person who apes the ways of foreigners
近岸海洋 jìn àn hǎi yáng coastal ocean / coastal sea
扩张洋脊 kuò zhāng yáng jǐ mid-oceanic ridge / mid-ocean ridge
南太平洋 nán tài píng yáng South Pacific
南洋商报 Nán yáng Shāng Bào Nanyang Siang Pau (Malay's oldest newspaper)
热情洋溢 rè qíng yáng yì brimming with enthusiasm (idiom) / full of warmth
世界海洋 shì jiè hǎi yáng world ocean
太古洋行 Tài gǔ Yáng háng Butterfield and Swire (Hong Kong bank)
土洋并举 tǔ yáng bìng jǔ combining native and foreign methods
土洋结合 tǔ yáng jié hé combining native and foreign methods (idiom) / sophisticated and many-sided
休眠洋脊 xiū mián yáng jǐ extinct oceanic ridge / extinct spreading ridge / failed rift
远渡重洋 yuǎn dù chóng yáng to travel across the oceans
远洋捕捞 yuàn yáng bǔ lāo distant-water fishing
远洋捕鱼 yuàn yáng bǔ yú distant-water fishing
远洋污染 yuàn yáng wū rǎn pelagic pollution / open sea pollution
国家海洋局 Guó jiā Hǎi yáng jú State Oceanic Administration (PRC)
海洋性气候 hǎi yáng xìng qì hòu maritime climate
印度洋中嵴  Central Indian Ridge
海洋委员会  Committee on Seas
开发太平洋  Work the Pacific
太平洋中心  UNDP Pacific Centre / Pacific Centre
海洋观测站  ocean station
海洋生物圈  marine biosphere
运行海洋学  operational oceanography
海洋食物网  marine food web
海洋法干事  Law of the Sea Officer
海洋性地壳  oceanic crust
瑞典海洋局  Swedish Maritime Administration
海洋动力学  ocean dynamics
海洋研究所  Marine Research Institute
海洋的健康  Health of the Ocean
ArcView海洋法extension  Law of the Sea ArcView extension / Arcview LOS extension / LOS extension
海洋法宣言  Declaration on the Law of the Sea
国际海洋日  International Day of the Sea
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