徉

yáng
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 徜徉) to wander at leisure; to roam freely

Examples

HSK 7-9
假日里,他们徜徉在古镇的街巷。
Jiàrì lǐ, tāmen chángyáng zài gǔzhèn de jiēxiàng.
On the holiday they wandered freely through the old town's streets.
HSK 7-9
Chángyáng yú zìrán néng fàngsōng xīnqíng.
Strolling at leisure in nature relaxes the mind.

Tips

usage
Bound; it appears only in 徜徉 ('to wander at leisure'). It never stands alone in modern Chinese.

Components

radical
彳 chì
step; to walk (radical)
The step radical, the walking sense behind 'roam'. It pairs this character with its companion 徜.
phonetic
羊 yáng
sheep; phonetic
Sheep, supplying the sound yáng with an exact match. It is purely phonetic; the same element gives 洋 (ocean) and 样 (kind).

Stroke Order

徉 yáng