益阳

益陽

Yìyáng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Yiyang, city in northern Hunan on the Zi River, near Dongting Lake

Characters

benefit; increase

Examples

HSK 2

益阳离长沙不远。

Yìyáng lí Chángshā bù yuǎn.

Yiyang is not far from Changsha.

HSK 5

益阳出产有名的安化黑茶。

Yìyáng chūchǎn yǒumíng de Ānhuà hēichá.

Yiyang produces the well-known Anhua dark tea.

Tips

culture

益阳 takes in Anhua county, home of 安化黑茶, a dark tea pressed into bricks or bamboo-wrapped logs and long carried to herders on the northwestern frontier. The full name of the city is 益阳市.

Stroke Order

益 yì

阳 yáng