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洋 joeng4 {yáng}

  1. ocean
  2. vast
  3. foreign
  4. silver dollar or coin

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洋財〔-财〕 joeng4 coi4 {yáng cái}

ill-gotten wealth

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洋行 joeng4 hong2 {yáng háng}

(noun) a trading company

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洋樓〔-楼〕 joeng4 lau2 {yáng lóu}

(n.) (a dated term) an apartment house or a building with a western style design.

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洋桃 joeng4 tou2 {yáng táo}

(fruit) star fruit

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洋酒 joeng4 zau2 {yáng jiǔ}

(noun) Western liquor

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洋剪 joeng4 zin2 {yáng jiǎn}

tailoring scissors; tailoring shears

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洋燭〔-烛〕 joeng4 zuk1 {yáng zhú}

candle

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洋車〔-车〕 joeng4 ce1 {yáng chē}

rickshaw

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洋錢〔-钱〕 joeng4 cin2 {yáng qián}

  1. foreign money
  2. flat silver (former coinage)
  3. also written 銀元

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洋槍〔-枪〕 joeng4 coeng1 {yáng qiāng}

western style guns (in former times)

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洋菜 joeng4 coi3 {yáng cài}

agar

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洋蔥〔-葱〕 joeng4 cung1 {yáng cōng}

  1. onion (Allium cepa)
  2. bulb onion

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洋底 joeng4 dai2 {yáng dǐ}

  1. ocean floor
  2. bottom of the ocean

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洋化 joeng4 faa3 {yáng huà}

to Westernize

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洋粉 joeng4 fan2 {yáng fěn}

agar

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洋火 joeng4 fo2 {yáng huǒ}

(coll.) matches (old)

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洋貨〔-货〕 joeng4 fo3 {yáng huò}

  1. Western goods
  2. imported goods (in former times)

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洋灰 joeng4 fui1 {yáng huī}

cement

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洋服 joeng4 fuk6 {yáng fú}

Western-style clothes

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洋鹼〔-碱〕 joeng4 gaan2 {yáng jiǎn}

soap

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洋教 joeng4 gaau3 {yáng jiào}

foreign religion (esp. Western Christianity in Qing China)

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洋薊〔-蓟〕 joeng4 gai3 {yáng jì}

artichoke

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洋基 joeng4 gei1 {Yáng jī}

  1. see 洋基隊
  2. New York Yankees (US baseball team)

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洋薑〔-姜〕 joeng4 goeng1 {yáng jiāng}

Jerusalem artichoke

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洋氣〔-气〕 joeng4 hei3 {yáng qì}

  1. trendy
  2. fashionable
  3. foreign styles and trends

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洋殼〔-壳〕 joeng4 hok3 {yáng qiào}

oceanic crust (geology)

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洋學〔-学〕 joeng4 hok6 {Yáng xué}

Western learning

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洋行 joeng4 hong4 {yáng háng}

foreign firm (old)

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洋人 joeng4 jan4 {yáng rén}

  1. foreigner
  2. Westerner

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洋溢 joeng4 jat6 {yáng yì}

  1. brimming with
  2. steeped in

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洋油 joeng4 jau4 {yáng yóu}

  1. imported oil
  2. kerosene

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洋燕 joeng4 jin3 {yáng yàn}

(Chinese bird species) Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica)

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洋洋 joeng4 joeng4 {yáng yáng}

  1. vast
  2. impressive
  3. self-satisfied
  4. immensely pleased with oneself

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洋員〔-员〕 joeng4 jyun4 {yáng yuán}

Westerner employed in Qing China (as professor or military advisor etc)

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洋縣〔-县〕 joeng4 jyun6 {Yáng Xiàn}

Yang County in Hanzhong 漢中, Shaanxi

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洋流 joeng4 lau4 {yáng liú}

ocean current

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洋文 joeng4 man4 {yáng wén}

foreign language (esp. Western) (old)

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洋味 joeng4 mei6 {yáng wèi}

  1. Western taste
  2. Western style

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洋面 joeng4 min6 {yáng miàn}

ocean surface

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洋務〔-务〕 joeng4 mou6 {yáng wù}

  1. foreign affairs (in Qing times)
  2. foreign learning

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洋妞 joeng4 nau2 {yáng niū}

young foreign girl

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洋片 joeng4 pin2 {yáng piàn}

  1. children's game played with illustrated cards
  2. pogs
  3. menko (Japan)

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洋相 joeng4 soeng3 {yáng xiàng}

  1. social gaffe or blunder
  2. faux pas
  3. see 出洋相

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洋蘇〔-苏〕 joeng4 sou1 {yáng sū}

sage (herb)

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洋話〔-话〕 joeng4 waa2 {yáng huà}

foreign language (esp. Western)

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洋槐 joeng4 waai4 {yáng huái}

black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)

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洋芋 joeng4 wu6 {yáng yù}

(dialect) potato

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洋脊 joeng4 zek3 {yáng jǐ}

mid-ocean ridge

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洋裝〔-装〕 joeng4 zong1 {yáng zhuāng}

Western-style dress

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洋白菜 joeng4 baak6 coi3 {yáng bái cài}

cabbage (round cabbage most commonly found in Western countries)

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洋甘菊 joeng4 gam1 guk1 {yáng gān jú}

  1. Matricaria recutita
  2. chamomile

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洋基隊〔--队〕 joeng4 gei1 deoi2 {Yáng jī duì}

New York Yankees (US baseball team)

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洋鬼子 joeng4 gwai2 zi2 {yáng guǐ zi}

  1. foreign devil
  2. term of abuse for Westerners

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洋香菜 joeng4 hoeng1 coi3 {yáng xiāng cài}

parsley

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洋芫荽 joeng4 jyun4 seoi1 {yáng yán sui}

parsley

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洋務派〔-务-〕 joeng4 mou6 paai3 {yáng wù pài}

the foreign learning or Westernizing faction in the late Qing

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洋琵琶 joeng4 pei4 paa4 {yáng pí pá}

mandolin

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洋漂族 joeng4 piu1 zuk6 {yáng piāo zú}

  1. lit. ocean drifting people
  2. job-hopping foreigner

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洋蒲桃 joeng4 pou4 tou4 {yáng pú táo}

  1. love apple
  2. wax apple
  3. Syzygium samarangense (botany)

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洋鐵箔〔-铁-〕 joeng4 tit3 bok6 {yáng tiě bó}

  1. tinfoil
  2. CL: 張

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洋娃娃 joeng4 waa1 waa1 {yáng wá wa}

doll (of Western appearance)

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洋畫兒〔-画儿〕 joeng4 waa2 ji4 {yáng huà r}

  1. children's game played with illustrated cards
  2. pogs
  3. menko (Japan)

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洋槐樹〔--树〕 joeng4 waai4 syu6 {yáng huái shù}

black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)

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洋紫荊〔--荆〕 joeng4 zi2 ging1 {yáng zǐ jīng}

Hong Kong orchid (Bauhinia blakeana)

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洋紫蘇〔--苏〕 joeng4 zi2 sou1 {yáng zǐ sū}

sage (herb)

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洋中脊 joeng4 zung1 zek3 {yáng zhōng jǐ}

mid-ocean ridge (geology)

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洋奴哲學〔---学〕 joeng4 nou4 zit3 hok6 {yáng nú zhé xué}

the blind worship of everything that is foreign

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洋為中用〔-为--〕 joeng4 wai4 zung1 jung6 {yáng wéi zhōng yòng}

(idiom) to learn the advantages of Western as good use

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洋場惡少〔-场恶-〕 joeng4 coeng4 ok3 siu3 {yáng chǎng è shào}

city infested with foreign adventurers (esp of Shanghai in pre-liberation China) (idiom)

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洋底地殼〔---壳〕 joeng4 dai2 dei6 hok3 {yáng dǐ dì qiào}

oceanic crust (geology)

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洋腔洋調〔---调〕 joeng4 hong1 joeng4 diu6 {yáng qiāng yáng diào}

to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)

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洋洋大篇 joeng4 joeng4 daai6 pin1 {yáng yáng dà piān}

  1. lit. an ocean of writing
  2. an impressive literary work (idiom)

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洋洋得意 joeng4 joeng4 dak1 ji3 {yáng yáng dé yì}

  1. immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)
  2. proud
  3. complacent

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洋洋灑灑〔--洒洒〕 joeng4 joeng4 saa2 saa2 {yáng yáng sǎ sǎ}

  1. voluminous
  2. flowing (of speeches, articles etc) (idiom)

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洋洋自得 joeng4 joeng4 zi6 dak1 {yáng yáng zì dé}

  1. immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)
  2. proud
  3. complacent

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洋務學堂〔-务学-〕 joeng4 mou6 hok6 tong4 {yáng wù xué táng}

college of Western learning in late Qing

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洋務運動〔-务运动〕 joeng4 mou6 wan6 dung6 {Yáng wù Yùn dòng}

Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 自強運動

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洋涇浜英語〔-泾--语〕 joeng4 ging1 bong1 jing1 jyu5 {Yáng jīng bāng Yīng yǔ}

pidgin English

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洋山深水港 joeng4 saan1 sam1 seoi2 gong2 {Yáng shān Shēn shuǐ gǎng}

Yangshan Deep-Water Port (near Shanghai)

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洋浦經濟開發區〔--经济开发区〕 joeng4 pou2 ging1 zai3 hoi1 faat3 keoi1 {Yáng pǔ jīng jì kāi fā qū}

Yangpu Economic Development Zone, Hainan

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