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Meaning of 詠

Lookup via: Pinyin | Radicals
(Simplified: 咏)
Pinyin: yǒng
English Definition: to sing
Chinese Definition:
①唱,声调有抑扬地念:咏赞。歌咏。吟咏。咏唱。
②用诗词等来描述,抒发感情:咏梅。咏史。咏怀。咏叹。咏叹调(富于抒情的独唱曲)。
③指诗词:佳咏。
Total strokes: 12; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (speech) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ yán ] words, speech; to speak, to say
    • [ yǒng ] long; perpetual, eternal; forever
Similar Characters:
Example Words
詠嘆調 yǒng tàn diào aria
詠春 yǒng chūn Wing Chun; same as 咏春拳 ; Yongchun - "Singing Spring Fist" (Chinese martial art)
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Example Sentences
1
And He'll give you a new, sweet song.
2
After all, we both read poetry.
3
Some types of yoga also involve meditation and chanting.
4
No reason for disgust, she intones, no cause for condemnation.
5
The rabbi wore ecclesiastical robes; a choir sang from a loft appointed in organ pipes.