HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Nature, Animals

羊 yáng “sheep” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 羊 means

  1. sheep
  2. goat

Measure word 头 tóu or 只 zhī · 一头羊 yì tóu yáng

How to say 羊

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale羊yáng2nd tone, rising

羊 in a sentence

  1. 羊吃草。

    Yáng chī cǎo.

    Sheep eat grass.

    Sentence #8854251 from Tatoeba

  2. 是时候喂羊了。

    Shì shíhou wèi yáng le.

    It’s time to feed the sheep.

    Sentence #390450 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 比起羊肉我更喜欢牛肉。

    Bǐqǐ yángròu wǒ gèng xǐhuan niúròu.

    I prefer beef to lamb.

    Sentence #9007593 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 羊 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 羊 (yáng) drawn as one shape
羊yángsheep; goat

羊 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from a sheep’s head with its curved horns: sheep.

How to write 羊

羊 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 羊

Words with 羊

羊肉yángròu · lamb

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FAQs

羊 (yáng) means “sheep” or “goat”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it yáng: yáng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 羊 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 头 (tóu) or 只 (zhī). For example, one sheep is 一头羊 (yì tóu yáng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 羊 from the suggestions. Typing yang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
羊 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older 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.