洋

• 拼音: yáng
• 汉字拆解: 洋 = 氵 (water) + 羊 (sheep), phonetic component; originally meant vast water, later extended to foreign

含义

Foreign; Western; ocean. Describing things of foreign origin or relating to the sea.

Historically contrasted with 土 (native/local). 洋 carries connotations of Western or modern. Common compounds: 洋人 (foreigner, dated), 洋气 (fashionable/Western-style), 洋房 (Western-style house), 出洋相 (make a fool of oneself). Also means ocean: 太平洋 (Pacific Ocean).

例句

1. 她穿得很洋气，总是走在时尚前沿。
2. 这栋老洋房有一百多年的历史了。
3. 小心别在公开场合出洋相。

用法指南

语境: fashion, culture, geography

语气: descriptive

正确说法

• 这件衣服很洋气。(This outfit is very stylish/Western.)
• 他喜欢收藏洋酒。(He likes to collect foreign wines.)

错误说法

• 洋国家 — 应说'西方国家'或'外国'，洋作为形容词修饰具体事物而非国家

起源与历史

Originally meant vast body of water. Extended to mean 'overseas' and then 'foreign/Western' during the era of increased contact with the West.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal