仰 yǎng, áng — to look up; to face upward
仰
Level 1 · Common HSK 6 #473
yǎng yang3
Basic definition
Detailed explanation
- verb (会意兼形声。从人，从卬，卬亦声。卬，小篆字形。一个人站着，一个人跪着，跪者抬头看站者，为抬头仰望的“仰”的本字。后借为“我”，遂加“人”作“仰”。“卬”“仰”古今字。本义:抬头，脸向上)
- verb face upward e.g 仰企俯思 · 仰脸 · 仰瞻
- verb admire e.g 仰从 · 仰服
- verb hope
- verb rely on e.g 仰人度日 · 仰成 · 仰哺
- verb upward
- verb 亦指把覆合着的物体翻过来，使底部朝上。如:仰一口大铜钟;仰瓦(凹面向上的瓦)
áng ang2
Basic definition
- adjective high; spirited (variant of 昂)
Detailed explanation
- adjective high
Related words
- 信仰 belief; faith; conviction
- 仰望 to look up at; to look up to
- 瞻仰 to pay respects to
- 敬仰 to revere; to adore
- 仰头 to tilt one's head back; to look up
- 仰面 to face upward; to lie on one's back
- 仰慕 to admire
- 仰光 Yangon (largest city of Myanmar, former capital)
- 景仰 to admire; to look up to
- 仰视 to tilt one's head back to see (sth)
- 仰泳 backstroke
- 仰天 to face upwards/to look up to the sky
- 仰卧 to lie on one's back
- 仰仗 to rely on; to look to; to depend on
- 久仰 I have long admired you (polite greeting)
- 后仰 to lean backward; to tilt back
- 前仰后合 to rock with laughter; to double up
- 俯仰 to bow and lift one's head; in one move; fleetingly
- 人仰马翻 in utter disorder; routed and thrown into chaos
- 仰脖 to tilt back one's neck; to toss one's head back