洋洋
yáng yáng
Pinyin

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

大洋
dà yáng
  1. 1 ocean
  2. 2 (old) silver dollar
太平洋
Tài píng Yáng
  1. 1 Pacific Ocean
洋
yáng
  1. 1 ocean
  2. 2 vast
  3. 3 foreign
  4. 4 silver dollar or coin
洋气
yáng qì
  1. 1 Western style
  2. 2 foreign flavor
  3. 3 trendy
  4. 4 fashionable
洋溢
yáng yì
  1. 1 brimming with
  2. 2 steeped in
洋葱
yáng cōng
  1. 1 onion (Allium cepa)
  2. 2 bulb onion
海洋
hǎi yáng
  1. 1 ocean
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
北冰洋
Běi bīng yáng
  1. 1 Arctic ocean
南洋
Nán yáng
  1. 1 Southeast Asia
  2. 2 South seas
印度洋
Yìn dù yáng
  1. 1 Indian Ocean
喜气洋洋
xǐ qì yáng yáng
  1. 1 full of joy (idiom); jubilation
喜洋洋
xǐ yáng yáng
  1. 1 radiant with joy
大西洋
Dà xī yáng
  1. 1 Atlantic Ocean
崇洋媚外
chóng yáng mèi wài
  1. 1 to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
得意洋洋
dé yì yáng yáng
  1. 1 joyfully satisfied
  2. 2 to be immensely proud of oneself
  3. 3 proudly
  4. 4 an air of complacency
懒洋洋
lǎn yāng yāng
  1. 1 lazily
暖洋洋
nuǎn yáng yáng
  1. 1 warm
  2. 2 comfortably warm
汪洋
wāng yáng
  1. 1 vast body of water
  2. 2 CL:片[piàn]
洋人
yáng rén
  1. 1 foreigner
  2. 2 Westerner
洋妞
yáng niū
  1. 1 young foreign girl

Idioms (11)

喜气洋洋
xǐ qì yáng yáng
  1. 1 full of joy (idiom); jubilation
土洋结合
tǔ yáng jié hé
  1. 1 combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
崇洋媚外
chóng yáng mèi wài
  1. 1 to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
望洋兴叹
wàng yáng xīng tàn
  1. 1 lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)
洋场恶少
yáng chǎng è shào
  1. 1 city infested with foreign adventurers (esp. of Shanghai in pre-Liberation China) (idiom)
洋洋大篇
yáng yáng dà piān
  1. 1 lit. an ocean of writing
  2. 2 an impressive literary work (idiom)
洋洋得意
yáng yáng dé yì
  1. 1 immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)
  2. 2 proud
  3. 3 complacent
洋洋洒洒
yáng yáng sǎ sǎ
  1. 1 voluminous
  2. 2 flowing (of speeches, articles etc) (idiom)
洋洋自得
yáng yáng zì dé
  1. 1 immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)
  2. 2 proud
  3. 3 complacent
洋腔洋调
yáng qiāng yáng diào
  1. 1 to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)
热情洋溢
rè qíng yáng yì
  1. 1 brimming with enthusiasm (idiom); full of warmth

Sample Sentences

不够啊？那...再来，喜气洋洋、吉羊如意、有人”羊”你一辈子。
bùgòu ā ？nà ...zài lái ，xǐqì yángyáng 、jí yáng rúyì 、yǒurén ”yáng ”nǐ yībèizi 。
It's not enough? Then... I'll have another go, what about substituting the 「洋」 in the phrase 「喜气洋洋」, meaning “full of joy” for its homophone 「羊」, meaning goat, or 「羊」 instead of 「祥」 in the phrase 「吉祥如意」 to wish that someone is lucky and everything goes to plan for them, or what about substituting the「养」 in 「养你一辈子」, meaning “to look after you for life” for its homonym 「羊」 meaning goat.
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亲爱的洋洋:
qīn ài de yángyáng
Dear Yangyang
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亲爱的洋洋，愿你有一个丰富而精彩的人生，你要加油！爸爸妈妈也会加油！
qīn ài de de yángyáng ，yuàn nǐ yǒu yī gè fēngfù ér jīngcǎi de rénshēng ，nǐ yào jiāyóu ！bàba māma yě huì jiāyóu ！
Dear Yangyang, I wish you a rich and colourful life. Keep your chin up! Mummy and daddy will keep their chins up too!
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喂，洋洋。
wéi ，Yángyang 。
Hey, Yangyang.
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你就是洋洋？你找我究竟有什么事？
nǐ jiù shì Yángyang ？nǐ zhǎo wǒ jiūjìng yǒu shénme shì ？
You're Yangyang, yes? What exactly do you want with me?
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洋洋，你怎么在这儿？
Yángyang ，nǐ zěnme zài zhèr ？
Yangyang, why are you here?
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洋洋，一定是你，你，你这个恶毒的女人！
Yángyang ，yīdìng shì nǐ ，nǐ ，nǐ zhè ge èdú de nǚrén ！
Yangyang, it was definitely you, you...you venomous woman!
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洋洋，你这么说，我真是无地自容。这样吧，你把这张卡拿去，换个工作吧。
Yángyang ，nǐ zhème shuō ，wǒ zhēnshì wúdìzìróng 。zhèyàng ba ，nǐ bǎ zhè zhāng kǎ náqù ，huàn ge gōngzuò ba 。
Yangyang, I'm so ashamed to hear you talk like that. How about this-- take this bank card, and get a new job.
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璐璐是我老婆。洋洋，你想怎么样？
Lùlu shì wǒ lǎopó 。Yángyang ，nǐ xiǎng zěnmeyàng ？
Lulu is my wife. Yangyang, what would you like to do?
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洋洋，我知道你是个好女孩，可你怎么能做这种事呢？我可是有家室的人，出了这种事，我怎么向老婆交代啊！
Yángyáng ，wǒ zhīdào nǐ shì gè hǎo nǚhái ，kě nǐ zěnme néng zuò zhèzhǒng matter ne ？wǒ kě shì yǒu jiāshì de rén ，chū le zhèzhǒng shì ，wǒ zěnme xiàng lǎopó jiāodài a ！
Yangyang, I know you're a good girl. But how could you do something like this? I've got a family! When something like this happens, how am I supposed to explain things to my wife?
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