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朝阳

朝陽
cháoyáng / zhāoyáng
verb #32,929

Meanings

  1. 1 to face the sun; sun-facing
  2. 2 Chaoyang (district of Beijing, and cities and districts elsewhere)

Examples

HSK 4
他住在北京朝阳区。
Tā zhù zài Běijīng Cháoyáng Qū.
He lives in Beijing's Chaoyang District.
HSK 4
我想租一间朝阳的房间。
Wǒ xiǎng zū yì jiān cháoyáng de fángjiān.
I want to rent a room that faces the sun.
HSK 7-9
这套房子朝阳，采光特别好。
Zhè tào fángzi cháoyáng, cǎiguāng tèbié hǎo.
This apartment faces the sun and gets excellent natural light.

Tips

mistakes
Same two characters as 朝阳, the morning sun. Here 朝 is the verb to face, so the word is about which way a building points. Property listings use it constantly, and it is also how the Beijing district 朝阳区 is read.
culture
朝阳群众 ('Chaoyang masses') is a famous Beijing meme: residents of Chaoyang District have a long track record of tipping police off about celebrity drug scandals, earning them the nickname 'the world's fifth-largest intelligence agency' in Chinese internet humor.

Stroke Order

朝 cháo
阳 yáng