HSK 6 · Nature

夕阳 xīyáng “setting sun” in Chinese

Traditional 夕陽

What 夕阳 means

  1. setting sun
  2. sunset

How to say 夕阳

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale夕xī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale阳yáng2nd tone, rising

夕阳 in a sentence

  1. 夕阳西下。

    Xīyáng xī xià.

    The sun is setting in the west.

    Sentence #9501214 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 美丽的夕阳，不是吗？

    Měilì de xīyáng, búshì ma?

    Beautiful sunset, isn’t it?

    Sentence #832996 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 你看过这么美的夕阳吗？

    Nǐ kànguo zhème měi de xīyáng ma?

    Have you ever seen such a beautiful sunset?

    Sentence #761287 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 夕阳 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 夕 (xī) with each of its parts in a different colour
夕xīsunset; dusk
  • 勹wrap · bāo
  • 丶dot · zhǔ
The character 阳 (yáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
阳yángpositive
  • 阝place
  • 日sun · rì

How to write 夕阳

夕 3 strokes · 阳 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

夕阳 (xīyáng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 夕阳 (xīyáng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 夕阳

Words with 夕

除夕Chúxī · lunar New Year’s Eve

Words with 阳

太阳tàiyáng · the sun阳光yángguāng · sunshine阳台yángtái · balcony

More words: Nature & Environment

窝wō · nest溪xī · stream霞xiá · rosy clouds汹涌xiōngyǒng · surging悬崖峭壁xuányáqiàobì · sheer cliff畜牧xùmù · animal husbandry严寒yánhán · bitter cold淹没yānmò · to submerge

FAQs

夕阳 (xīyáng) means “setting sun” or “sunset”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xīyáng: xī with a 1st tone, then yáng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 夕阳 is written 夕陽. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiyang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 夕阳 from the suggestions. Typing xiyang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
夕阳 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.