洋
yáng HSK6

ocean

洋 yáng
foreign adjective
pertaining to foreign countries, particularly those in the West

穿上这身新衣服，她整个人显得格外洋。

chuān​shang zhè shēn xīn yī​fu, tā zhěng gè rén xiǎn​de gé​wài yáng.

In these new clothes, she looks exceptionally stylish.

ocean noun
one of the large bodies of salt water that cover much of the Earth

一望无际的大洋上，只有一艘小船在缓缓行驶。

yī​wàng​wú​jì de dà​yáng shàng, zhǐ​yǒu yī sōu xiǎo​chuán zài huǎn​huǎn xíng​shǐ.

On the vast ocean, only a small boat sailed slowly.

silver coin noun
a silver dollar or similar currency used in historical China

他手里攥着几块大洋。

tā shǒu lǐ zuàn zhe jǐ kuài dà​yáng.

He clutched a few silver dollars in his hand.

vast idiom
extensive or immense in scale, resembling the breadth of the sea

他为了那篇论文，洋洋洒洒地写了上万字。

tā wèi​le nà piān lùn​wén, yáng​yáng​sǎ​sǎ de xiě le shàng​wàn zì.

He wrote tens of thousands of words voluminously for that thesis.

Frequency
Character
Written text
803rd most common 225.8 per million
Movie subtitles
1,449th most common 47.5 per million appears in 18% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
5.90 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
29.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+6D0B

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)