洋 (joeng4 | yang2) : ocean; foreign; Western; vast

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洋

joeng4

yang2

[1] [n] ocean; vast sea
[2] [adj] foreign; Western
[3] [adj] vast; multitudinous

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Stroke count: 9

Level: 1

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

洋

This word has been viewed 11570 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 4th Mar 2014 10:05

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洋薊 joeng4 gai3 yang2 ji4 = artichoke; see also 朝鮮薊國

洋娃娃 joeng4 waa1 waa1 yang2 wa2 wa2 = doll 國

洋蔥 joeng4 cung1 yang2 cong1 = onion

海洋 hoi2 joeng4 hai3 yang2 = ocean

南大洋 naam4 daai6 joeng4*2 = Southern Ocean

洋蔥圈 joeng4 cung1 hyun1 yang2 cong1 quan1 = onion rings

大西洋 daai6 sai1 joeng4 da4 xi1 yang2 = Atlantic Ocean

太平洋 taai3 ping4 joeng4 tai4 ping2 yang2 = Pacific Ocean

印度洋 jan3 dou6 joeng4 yin4 du4 yang2 = Indian Ocean

北極洋 bak1 gik6 joeng4 = Arctic Ocean
See all 97 compounds (CantoDict reports 101 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 洋
Unicode code for this character: U+6d0b (off-site link)

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