样 (yàng) means Style (type - manner - pattern - shape). Below are 24 of the 120 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这 样 做太冒险了。
Zhèyàng zuò tài màoxiǎn le.
Doing it this way is too risky.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 冒险
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From the graded readers
事情是这 样 的。
shìqing shì zhèyàng de / dì.
It happened like this.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
一个下午就这 样 过去了。
yīgè xiàwǔ jiù zhèyàng guòqù le / liǎo / liào.
A whole afternoon had gone, just like that.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Weekend
有这 样 的朋友，我很高兴。
yǒu zhèyàng de / dì péngyou, wǒ hěn gāoxìng.
I'm very glad to have a friend like her.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Friend Lili
她又问：“工作怎么 样 ？”
tā yòu wèn:" gōngzuò zěnmeyàng?"
Then she asked, "How's work?"
Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call
我以为这 样 大家会喜欢我。
wǒ yǐwéi zhèyàng dàjiā huì xǐhuan wǒ.
I thought people would like me for it.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
我说：“跟我这里的一 样 。”
wǒ shuō:" gēn wǒ zhèlǐ de / dì yíyàng."
I said, "It's the same as mine here."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival
后来我发现，事情并不是这 样 。
hòulái wǒ fāxiàn, shìqing bìngbúshì zhèyàng.
Later I found that wasn't how it worked.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
我从来没见过她这么年轻的 样 子。
wǒ cónglái méi jiànguò tā zhème niánqīng de / dì yàngzi.
I had never seen her looking that young.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
From the travel phrasebook
和 样 品不一 样 。
Hé yàngpǐn bù yíyàng.
It isn't the same as the sample.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
包装是怎么 样 的？
Bāozhuāng shì zěnmeyàng de?
What's the packaging like?
Travel phrasebook · Trade fairs and factory visits
定制的话要打 样 。
Dìngzhì dehuà yào dǎyàng.
For a custom version we'd need to make a prototype.
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
样 品免费，运费您付。
Yàngpǐn miǎnfèi, yùnfèi nín fù.
The sample is free, you pay the shipping.
Travel phrasebook · Trade fairs and factory visits
收到的和图片不一 样 。
Shōudào de hé túpiàn bù yíyàng.
What arrived isn't what the photo showed.
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
From the grammar library
样 appears in 120 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 样
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Questions about 样
How is 样 used in a sentence?
This page shows 120 sentences using 样 (yàng, "Style (type - manner - pattern - shape)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 样 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 样 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 样?
The dictionary page for 样 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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