阳 yáng in a sentence
Sun (open - male or positive principle - [Taoism])
阳 (yáng) means Sun (open - male or positive principle - [Taoism]). Below are 24 of the 43 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
今天的 阳 光很好。
Jīntiān de yángguāng hěn hǎo.
The sunshine is lovely today.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 阳光
阳 光照进了房间。
Yángguāng zhào jìn le fángjiān.
Sunlight shone into the room.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 阳光
阳 台上有几盆花。
Yángtái shàng yǒu jǐ pén huā.
There are several pots of flowers on the balcony.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 盆
太 阳 从东边升起。
Tàiyáng cóng dōngbiān shēng qǐ.
The sun rises in the east.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 升
衣服晾在 阳 台上。
Yīfu liàng zài yángtái shang.
The clothes are hung out to dry on the balcony.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 晾
夕 阳 照在江面上。
Xīyáng zhào zài jiāngmiàn shang.
The setting sun shone on the surface of the river.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 夕阳
阳 光照耀着大地。
Yángguāng zhàoyàozhe dàdì.
The sunlight shines upon the earth.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 照耀
太 阳 光照进了房间。
Tàiyáng guāng zhào jìn le fángjiān.
Sunlight shone into the room.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 光
云后面出来了太 阳 。
Yún hòumiàn chūlái le tàiyáng.
The sun came out from behind the clouds.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 云
她用手挡住了太 阳 。
Tā yòng shǒu dǎng zhù le tàiyáng.
She shaded her eyes from the sun with her hand.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 挡
阳 光斜着照进屋子。
Yángguāng xié zhe zhào jìn wūzi.
The sunlight slants into the room.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 斜
阳 台上种着几盆花。
Yángtái shàng zhòng zhe jǐ pén huā.
Several pots of flowers are growing on the balcony.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 阳台
他常在 阳 台上看书。
Tā cháng zài yángtái shàng kàn shū.
He often reads on the balcony.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 阳台
这棵树遮挡了 阳 光。
Zhè kē shù zhēdǎng le yángguāng.
This tree blocks the sunlight.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遮挡
太 阳 照在身上很暖和。
Tàiyáng zhào zài shēn shàng hěn nuǎnhuo.
The sun shining on you feels warm.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 照
她把被子晒在 阳 台上。
Tā bǎ bèizi shài zài yángtái shàng.
She hung the quilt out on the balcony to air.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 被子
太 阳 是一种清洁能源。
Tàiyáng shì yì zhǒng qīngjié néngyuán.
The sun is a form of clean energy.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 能源
太 阳 下他的影子很长。
Tàiyáng xià tā de yǐngzi hěn cháng.
His shadow is long in the sun.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 影子
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From the graded readers
早上有太 阳 ，不冷也不热。
zǎoshang yǒu tàiyáng, bù lěng yěbù rè.
There was sun in the morning; it wasn't cold or hot.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today
那天晚上，我一个人在 阳 台上坐着。
nà / nèi tiān wǎnshang, wǒ yīgè rén zài yángtái shàng zuòzhe.
That evening I sat on the balcony on my own.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival
然后，太 阳 慢慢地出来了，山上的风景美极了。
ránhòu, tàiyáng mànmàn dì / de chūlai le / liǎo / liào, shānshàng de / dì fēngjǐng měi jí le / liǎo / liào.
Then the sun came up slowly, and the view was stunning.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
阳 appears in 43 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 阳
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Questions about 阳
How is 阳 used in a sentence?
This page shows 43 sentences using 阳 (yáng, "Sun (open - male or positive principle - [Taoism])"), 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 阳 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 阳 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 阳?
The dictionary page for 阳 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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