Kilo Lingo

样

yàng

Traditional: 樣

#5005 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

kind, type, shape, appearance (in compounds like 这样, 一样)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 样

样

Examples

？

How are you?

？

Are these two the same?

。

I don't like doing it this way.

桌zhuō。

There are several kinds of things on the table.

。

You look very smart today.

样 (yàng) means kind, type, or appearance, and combines freely with demonstratives to talk about manner: 这样 (like this), 那样 (like that), 一样 (the same), and 怎么样 (how about).

Related words

那样

that way, like that, such

一样

same, alike, equally

怎么样

how, what do you think, how about

怎样

how, in what way, what kind

这样

like this, this way, such

Appears in 7 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 样.

这样zhè yànglike this, this way, such一样yí yàngsame, alike, equally怎么样zěn me yànghow, what do you think, how about那样nà yàngthat way, like that, such怎样zěn yànghow, in what way, what kind样子yàng ziappearance, look, manner; style同样tóng yàngsame, similarly, likewise

Used in

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Go to my review queue

This word is part of lesson 101.