yáng

ocean

vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin

water (氵) + sheep (羊) = vast ocean

The water radical carries the meaning: a vast, boundless body of water. 羊 mainly gives the sound yáng and does not contribute to the sense of ocean or foreignness.

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太平是世界上最大的海洋。

tài píng yáng shì shì jiè shàng zuì dà de hǎi yáng。

The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world.

她买了很多货回来送给家人。

tā mǎi le hěn duō yáng huò huí lái sòng gěi jiā rén。

She bought a lot of foreign goods to bring back and give to her family.

Words with 洋

远洋

yuǎn yáng

distant seas

远渡重洋

yuǎn dù chóng yáng

to travel across the oceans

重洋

chóng yáng

seas and oceans

银洋

yín yáng

flat silver (former coinage)

飘洋

piāo yáng

variant of 漂洋[piao1 yang2]

三洋

sān yáng

Sanyō, Japanese electronics company

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)

中国海洋石油总公司

zhōng guó hǎi yáng shí yóu zǒng gōng sī

CNOOC; China National Offshore Oil Corporation

中大西洋脊

zhōng dà xī yáng jǐ

mid-Atlantic ridge

中洋脊

zhōng yáng jǐ

mid-ocean ridge (geology)

假洋鬼子

jiǎ yáng guǐ zi

(derog.) wannabe foreigner, a Chinese person who apes the ways of foreigners

出洋

chū yáng

to go abroad (old)

More characters with 氵