- 1. the wings of a bird, an insect, etc.
- 2. the wings of an aeroplane
- 3. flank (of an army, etc.); wing (of a building)
- ♦ 从左右两~夹攻敌人 attack the enemy on both flanks
- ♦ 主楼的两~ the two wings of the main building
- 4. the twenty-seventh of the twenty-eight constellations (二十八宿) into which the celestial sphere was divided in ancient Chinese astronomy (consisting of twenty-two stars in Crater and Hydra)
- ♦ ~助 render assistance (to a ruler)