杨帆

楊帆
yángfān
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to hoist sail
  2. 2 to set sail
  3. 3 (as name) Yang Fan

Examples

HSK 7-9
Yúchuán zài límíng shífēn yángfān chūhǎi.
The fishing boats set sail at dawn.
HSK 7-9
Bìyè hòu tā yángfān yuǎnháng, qù le guówài.
After graduation he set sail for distant shores - he went abroad.
HSK 7-9
Gōngsī zhǔnbèi yángfān jìnjūn hǎiwài shìchǎng.
The company is preparing to set sail into overseas markets.

Tips

usage
Technically the first character should be 扬 (to raise, hoist) not 杨 (poplar). 杨帆 is the personal-name form (surname 杨 + 帆 'sail'). Search engines and corpora often merge the two. Context tells you which is meant.
memory
扬 = to lift up, 帆 = sail. Picture hands pulling a canvas sail up the mast. 扬帆 is the moment a journey officially begins, and is a favorite metaphor in graduation speeches.

Stroke Order

杨 yáng
帆 fān