揚 yáng

scatter, spread; praise

DEFINITIONS

  • scatter, spread
  • praise
  • abbr. for 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1]
  • surname Yang
  • to raise
  • to hoist
  • the action of tossing or winnowing
  • scattering (in the wind)
  • to flutter
  • to propagate
  • variant of 揚|扬[yang2]

WORDS

上揚 shàng yáng to rise (i.e. number increases); a price rise; to raise
上揚趨勢 shàng yáng qū shì upward trend; rising tendency
不事張揚 bù shì zhāng yáng quietly; without ostentation
傳揚 chuán yáng to spread (by word of mouth)
其貌不揚 qí mào bù yáng (idiom) nothing special to look at; unprepossessing
分道揚鑣 fēn dào yáng biāo lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom); fig. to part ways
名揚四海 míng yáng sì hǎi to become known far and wide (idiom); famous
奮武揚威 fèn wǔ yáng wēi a show of strength
宏揚 hóng yáng variant of 弘揚|弘扬[hong2 yang2]
宣揚 xuān yáng to proclaim; to make public or well known
家醜不可外揚 jiā chǒu bù kě wài yáng lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
弘揚 hóng yáng to enhance; to promote; to enrich
張揚 zhāng yáng Zhang Yang (1967-), PRC film director and screenwriter; to display ostentatiously; to bring out into the open; to make public; to spread around; flamboyant; brash
得意揚揚 dé yì yáng yáng variant of 得意洋洋[de2 yi4 yang2 yang2]
志高氣揚 zhì gāo qì yáng high-spirited and smug
怪人奧爾・揚科維奇 guài rén ào ěr ・ yáng kē wéi qí "Weird Al" Yankovic (1959-), US singer and writer of parody songs
悠揚 yōu yáng melodious; mellifluous
懲惡揚善 chéng è yáng shàn to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)
抑揚 yì yáng modulation (rising and falling pitch); intonation; a cadence; to rise and fall (of a body floating in water)
抑揚格 yì yáng gé iambic
抑揚頓挫 yì yáng dùn cuò see 頓挫抑揚|顿挫抑扬[dun4 cuo4 yi4 yang2]
捲揚 juǎn yáng a whirlwind
捲揚機 juǎn yáng jī a capstan
揄揚 yú yáng to praise; to extol; to publicize; to advocate
揚中 yáng zhōng Yangzhong county level city in Zhenjiang 鎮江|镇江[Zhen4 jiang1], Jiangsu
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