羊 yáng

1. yáng noun sheep; goat
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature , Concept: Animal 动物
   Notes: 羊 could refer to a goat 山羊 or sheep 绵羊 (CC-CEDICT '羊'; Guoyu '羊' n 1; Unihan '羊')
2. yáng noun Kangxi radical 123
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '羊' n 2; Unihan '羊')
3. yáng proper noun Yang
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '羊'; Guoyu '羊' n 2)
4. xiáng adjective lucky
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As a variant of 祥 (Guoyu '羊' xiáng)

Contained in

• 羊兽(羊獸) a goat
• 白羊座 Aries
• 羊油 sheep's fat; suet; mutton tallow
• 羊沟(羊溝) an open drain
• 代罪羔羊 scapegoat
• 长角羊(長角羊) Tibetan long horned antelope
• 羊皮 sheepskin
• 牧羊人 shepherd
• 羊奶 sheep's milk
• 挂羊头卖狗肉(掛羊頭賣狗肉) to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat; to cheat; dishonest advertising
• 常羊 neither progressing or retreating
• 羝羊触藩(羝羊觸藩) billy goat's horns caught in the fence; impossible to advance or to retreat; without any way out of a dilemma; trapped
• 杀牛宰羊(殺牛宰羊) slaughter the cattle and butcher the sheep; to prepare a big feast
• 羔羊 sheep; lamb
• 羊水穿刺 amniocentesis (used in Taiwan)
• 羊头(羊頭) sheep's head; fig. advertisement for good meat
• 放羊娃 shepherd; shepherd boy
• 羊角豆 okra (Hibiscus esculentus); lady's fingers
• 羊瘙痒症(羊瘙癢症) scrapie (prion disease of sheep)
• 羊肠小道(羊腸小道) road as twisty as sheep's intestine; narrow and winding road; complicated and tricky job
• 狗扯羊皮 to fuss around; to buzz about uselessly; to wag one's tongue
• 藏羚羊 Tibetan antelope or Chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii)
• 羊水 amniotic fluid
• 放羊 to tend a flock of sheep; to let sheep out to pasture
• 羊羔 lamb
• 羊毛线(羊毛線) knitting wool; wool yarn
• 羚羊 an antelope
• 养羊(養羊) sheep husbandry
• 羊角面包(羊角麵包) croissant
• 绵羊 sheep ; sheep
• 羊脂白玉 white jade
• 羊角包 croissant
• 羊皮纸(羊皮紙) parchment
• 羊拐 children's game, similar to knucklebones
• 羊桃 carambola; star fruit
• 肥羊 attractive and easy mark; source of steady profit; moneymaker; cash cow
• 羊群 flock of sheep
• 顺手牵羊(順手牽羊) to lead away a goat in passing; to steal something under cover of an emergency
• 北山羊 ibex
• 亡羊补牢(亡羊補牢) to fix the pen after the sheep have escaped; too late to solve the problem
• 啄羊鹦鹉(啄羊鸚鵡) kea
• 羊膜 amniotic (fluid); amnion
• 羱羊 ibex
• 苏格兰牧羊犬(蘇格蘭牧羊犬) Scotch collie; rough collie
• 羊质虎皮(羊質虎皮) the heart of a sheep in the skin of a tiger; impressive in appearance but lacking in substance
• 羊肠小径(羊腸小徑) winding road (twisting and turning like a sheep's intestine)
• 美利奴羊 merino (breed of sheep)

Also contained in

青羊区 、 春秋公羊传 、 桑弘羊 、 羊角村

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 《羊部》 Yáng Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 50
• 有司 第十七 17. The servant clearing the way The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 36
• 第八十九回 Chapter 89 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 24
• 卷四十七 志第二十三 禮一 Volume 47 Treatises 23: Rites 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 21
• 卷八十七 志第四十 地理三 Volume 87 Treatises 40: Geography 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 18
• 第一百二十回 Chapter 120 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 17
• 卷二 西山經 Chapter 2: Classic of the Mountains - West Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 17
• 卷一百〇三 志第五十六 禮六 Volume 103 Treatises 56: Rites 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 16
• 卷77 宋翻 辛雄 羊深 楊機 高崇 Volume 77: Song Fan, Xin Xiong, Yang Shen, Yang Ji, Gao Chong Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 16
• 卷五十九 Scroll 59 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 16

Collocations

• 羊舌 (羊舌) 羊舌大夫為尉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 20
• 羊俎 (羊俎) 肵俎在羊俎之北 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 少牢馈食礼 第十六 16. Rites of the secondary pen victim food offering — count: 17
• 羊铏 (羊铏) 取一羊铏于房中 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 少牢馈食礼 第十六 16. Rites of the secondary pen victim food offering — count: 8
• 羊枣 (羊棗) 曾晳嗜羊棗 — Mencius 孟子, 盡心下 Jin Xin II — count: 5
• 羊牲 (羊牲) 掌羊牲 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 夏官司馬 第四 4. Offices of Summer and Minister of War — count: 4
• 羞羊 (羞羊) 次宾羞羊燔 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 有司 第十七 17. The servant clearing the way — count: 4
• 羊鼎 (羊鼎) 司马举羊鼎 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 有司 第十七 17. The servant clearing the way — count: 4
• 羊燔 (羊燔) 次宾羞羊燔 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 有司 第十七 17. The servant clearing the way — count: 4
• 在羊 (在羊) 三鼎在羊镬之西 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 少牢馈食礼 第十六 16. Rites of the secondary pen victim food offering — count: 4
• 羊左 (羊左) 少牢則以羊左肩七個 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《少儀》 Smaller Rules of Demeanour — count: 4