yǎng

HSK 6
common
verb
noun

Meaning of

仰 means to look up; face upward; to admire; to respect; to esteem. Pronounced yǎng. HSK 6.

  • to look up; face upward
  • to admire; to respect; to esteem
  • to rely on; to depend on; to count on

Character Info

Radical
Strokes6
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

yǎng
zhe
liǎn
kàn
tiān
huā
bǎn
shàng
de
diào
dēng
 

He looked up at the chandelier on the ceiling.

Hái
zi
men
yǎng
zhe
tóu
kàn
tiān
shàng
de
fēng
zheng
 

The children looked up at the kites in the sky.

Yǎng
yǒng
shì
zhǒng
cháng
jiàn
de
yóu
yǒng
姿
shì
 

Backstroke is a common swimming posture.

yǎng
liǎn
yíng
jiē
qīng
chén
de
yáng
guāng
 

She tilted her face up to greet the morning sun.

Yǎng
wàng
xīng
kōng
zǒng
néng
ràng
rén
píng
jìng
xià
lái
 

Looking up at the starry sky always calms people down.