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ying

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈjɪŋ

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. A county of Shuozhou, Shanxi, China.
  3. ancient city in Hubei, China, a former capital of the state of Chu.
  4. Synonym of Cheng, ancient city and former state in Shaanxi, China.

Examples

“Swing⟳ my ying-ying, tryna turn⟳ man history Masking my face⟳, so I’m so mystery […] Put⟳ rips in his teeth like⟳ fashion Swing⟳ my ying-yang Tryna do him with a passion […] I’m trying to inch up my ying”
“The man just comin so fast They all like⟳ some fucking athletes Got me screaming “where is your ying?” Like⟳ Imma tryna get⟳ you in the backstreets”
“That account belongs to Li Ying, a Chinese artist turned dissident in Italy who rose to prominence in 2022 for live-tweeting the nationwide protests in China against Xi’s zero-Covid policy.”
“The Liao were responsible for building the tallest and oldest extant wooden pagoda, the famous Timber Pagoda in Ying county, Shanxi.”
“This magnificent 900-year-old five-story pagoda in the Fugong Monastery in Ying County, Shanxi, is the oldest and largest wooden pagoda in China and one of very few ancient wooden structures to have⟳ survived earthquakes, fire and other ravages of time, apparently none the worse for wear⟳.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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