仰
yǎng
to face upward
surname Yang; to look up; to admire; to rely on
person (亻) + looking up (卬) = to look up, admire
卬 is an ancient pictograph of one person kneeling while another stands tall above them, conveying the act of looking up. The person radical (亻) anchors the character to human action, reinforcing the sense of a person craning upward in admiration or deference.
他仰着头看天上的星星。
tā yǎng zhe tóu kàn tiān shàng de xīng xing。
He tilted his head back and looked at the stars in the sky.
她从小就仰慕这位老师的学问。
tā cóng xiǎo jiù yǎng mù zhè wèi lǎo shī de xué wen。
She has admired this teacher's knowledge since she was young.
Words with 仰
仰头
yǎng tóu
to raise one's head
仰视
yǎng shì
to tilt one's head back to see (sth)
仰慕
yǎng mù
to admire
俯仰
fǔ yǎng
lowering and raising of the head
钻坚仰高
zuān jiān yǎng gāo
lit. looking up to it, it gets higher; boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analects)
久仰
jiǔ yǎng
honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you.
久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
人仰马翻
rén yǎng mǎ fān
to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom)
仰卧
yǎng wò
to lie supine
仰卧式
yǎng wò shì
corpse pose (yoga)
仰赖
yǎng lài
to rely on
仰人鼻息
yǎng rén bí xī
to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living