洋 (joeng4) — ocean; vast sea in Cantonese
joengˎ₄洋Mandarin Pinyin: yang2
Meaning of 洋
nounocean; vast sea
nounvast; multitudinous
nounforeign; Western
Example Sentences with 洋
niˉ¹呢joengˍ₆樣jeˏ₅嘢houˊ²好gwai˗₃貴wo3.喎。
This thing is very expensive.
go˗₃個joengˎ₄洋waanˎ₄娃gaaˉ¹娃houˊ²好leng3.靚。
That doll is very pretty.
sai˗₃細manˎ₄蚊maaiˏ₅買zoˊ²咗go˗₃個joengˎ₄洋waanˎ₄娃gaa1.娃。
Little Wen bought a doll.
go˗₃個joengˎ₄洋waanˎ₄娃gaaˉ¹娃houˊ²好gwai˗₃貴wo3.喎。
That doll is expensive!
neiˏ₅你waanˊ²玩mˎ₄唔waanˊ²玩joengˎ₄洋waanˎ₄娃gaa1?娃？
Do you want to play with dolls?
Words Containing 洋
洋蔥男joeng4 cung1 naam4
womanizer (lit., "onion man"), so named because of the layers of sweet words, lies, and deceit
西洋參sai1 joeng4 sam1
American ginseng
海洋公園hoi2 joeng4 gung1 jyun2
Ocean Park Hong Kong
洋錢joeng4 cin2
flat silver former coinage; foreign money
西洋拳sai1 joeng4 kyun4
western boxing
北極洋bak1 gik6 joeng4
Arctic Ocean
熱情洋溢jit6 cing4 joeng4 jat6
ebullience
洋酒joeng4 zau2
imported wine
西洋劍sai1 joeng4 gim3
foil, epee, saber used for fencing
洋芫茜joeng4 jyun4 sai1
parsley
太平洋taai3 ping4 joeng4
Pacific Ocean
南洋蒲桃naam4 joeng2 pou4 tou2
Syzygium samarangense (Java apple)
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