HSK 5 · Body

痒 yǎng “to itch” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 痒 means

  1. to itch
  2. to tickle

How to say 痒

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale痒yǎng3rd tone, dipping

痒 in a sentence

  1. 我的后背有点儿痒。

    Wǒ de hòubèi yǒudiǎnr yǎng.

    My back is a bit itchy.

    Sentence #14027269 from Tatoeba

  2. 我耳朵痒。

    Wǒ ěrduo yǎng.

    My ear is itchy.

    Sentence #7772607 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 停！痒痒！

    Tíng! Yǎngyang!

    Stop! That tickles!

    Sentence #5663592 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 痒 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 痒 (yǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
痒yǎngto itch
  • 疒sickness · nèMeaning part
  • 羊sheep · yángSound part

疒 hints at the meaning (sickness); 羊 (yáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with yǎng.

How to write 痒

痒 11 strokes

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

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

Words related to 痒

More words: People, Body & Health

心脏xīnzàng · heart胸xiōng · chest血xuè · blood牙齿yáchǐ · tooth腰yāo · waist晕yūn · dizzy着凉zháoliáng · to catch a cold诊断zhěnduàn · to diagnose

FAQs

痒 (yǎng) means “to itch” or “to tickle”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yǎng: yǎng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 痒 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 痒 from the suggestions. Typing yang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
痒 is an HSK 5 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.