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Meaning of ying | Babel Free

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.
    historical
  4. Synonym of Cheng, ancient city and former state in Shaanxi, China.
    historical

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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