下西洋 Save Sign in to save words xiàxīyáng ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧ ㄧㄤˊ to sail west (from China) (used in reference to the 15th century voyages of Zheng He 郑和 zhènghé to regions bordering the Indian Ocean) Character by character 下(xià)down 西(xī)the West 洋(yáng)ocean A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0