揚 (joeng4 | yang2) : raise; praise; make known

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揚

joeng4

yang2

[1] raise; lift up; put up
[2] praise; make known; exalt

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 扌 (#64)

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

揚 / 扬

This word has been viewed 7707 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 26th Dec 2010 02:17

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表揚 biu2 joeng4 biao3 yang2 = to praise; to commend

讚揚 zaan3 joeng4 zan4 yang2 = to praise; to approve of

宣揚 syun1 joeng4 xuan1 yang2 = to make public; to make famous

揚子江 joeng4 zi2 gong1 yang2 zi3 jiang1 = Yangtze River (lower reaches)

發揚 faat3 joeng4 fa1 yang2 = to develop; to make full use of; to utilise

發揚光大 faat3 joeng4 gwong1 daai6 fa1 yang2 guang1 da4 = to develop; to promote

揚言 joeng4 jin4 = threaten

開揚 hoi1 joeng4 kai1 yang2 = open; bright and spacious 粵

悠揚 jau4 joeng4 you1 yang2 = [adj] melodious; mellifluous

揚聲器 joeng4 sing1 hei3 yang2 sheng1 qi4 = speaker (audio HIFI)
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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: 揚
Unicode code for this character: U+63da (off-site link)

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