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张扬 (zhāng yáng) — to flaunt, to show off; to publicize, to spread (news, information)

Definition

Covers two senses: 'to flaunt/show off' (often negatively, like 炫耀/夸耀) and 'to publicize/spread' (news, ideas — more deliberate promotion than the neutral 散布, less official than 公示).

verb
to flauntto show offto publicizeto spread (news, information)

Examples

  • 张扬。
    Tā cóng lái bù zhāng yáng zì jǐ de chéng jiù.
    He never flaunts his own achievements.
  • 张扬。
    Zhè jiàn shì bú yào zhāng yáng chū qù.
    Don't spread this matter around.
  • 张扬。
    Méi tǐ guò dù zhāng yáng le nà ge xīn wén.
    The media excessively publicized that news.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

张zhāngspread
扬yángraise

张 and 扬 both suggest spreading or raising something, so 张扬 means to show it off or make it public.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 張; 张 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
弓弓gōngbow
Sound part声符shēngfú
長
長cháng張zhāng
Same sound today

The traditional form 張 combines 弓, a bow, with 長, which points to the sound; the simplified 张 is a shorthand and its parts are not the historical components.

Open 张 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 揚; 扬 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
昜
昜yáng揚
Same sound today

The traditional form 揚 uses 手 to show a hand-related action and 昜 to give the sound; the simplified 扬 is a later abbreviation.

Open 扬 →
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