To face upward in Chinese: 仰 (yǎng)

yǎng

to face upward

HSK 3.0 Level 61 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to face upward
  2. 2to look up
  3. 3to admire
  4. 4to rely on

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Zhuyin

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ㄧㄤˇ

yǎng

/ i/ angˇ/ third tone

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  • 他仰头看着天上的星星。

    tā yǎng tóu kàn zhe tiān shàng de xīng xīng。

    He looked up at the stars in the sky.

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