yíng

瀛

Character · Noun

ocean; sea; surname

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Meanings

2 senses · 5 examples
1.

noun

ocean; sea

literary

Used in literary or formal contexts; often appears in classical texts and poetry to describe vast bodies of water.

Dēng登
gāo高
yuǎn远
wàng望
 ,
zhǐ只
jiàn见
yíng瀛
hǎi海
cāng苍
máng茫
wú无
jì际
 。

Climbing high and looking into the distance, one sees only the boundless gray ocean.

Chuán传
shuō说
zhōng中
de的
yíng瀛
zhōu洲
shì是
hǎi海
shàng上
xiān仙
shān山
 。

The legendary Yingzhou is a fairy mountain in the sea.

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Yíng瀛
huán寰
zhī之
nèi内
 ,
mò莫
fēi非
wáng王
tǔ土
 。

Within the whole world, nothing is not the king's land.

2.

noun

surname Ying

A rare Chinese surname.

Yíng瀛
xiān先
sheng生
shì是
wǒ我
men们
xué学
xiào校
de的
lì历
shǐ史
lǎo老
shī师
 。

Mr. Ying is the history teacher at our school.

Xìng姓
yíng瀛
de的
rén人
zài在
zhōng中
guó国
bǐ比
jiào较
shǎo少
jiàn见
 。

People with the surname Ying are relatively rare in China.