Yang
See also: yang, yáng, yàng, Yáng, yāng, and yǎng
English
Etymology 1
See yang
Proper noun
Yang
- (Chinese philosophy) Alternative letter-case form of yang when used as a proper noun.
Etymology 2
From various atonal romanizations of various Chinese characters, including 楊/杨 (“Willow”) and 洋 (“a river name”).
Proper noun
Yang
- A surname from Chinese of various origins.
- A surname from Korean of various origins.
- A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
- 1988, Robin D. S. Yates, Washing Silk: The Life and Selected Poetry of Wei Chuang (834?-910), →ISBN, LCCN 87-29642, OCLC 924980345, OL 2399586M, page 123:
- Liang and Yang were the names of two commanderies to the southwest of Ch'ang-an; Yang is the modern Yang county, Shensi, and Liang, the administrative center of Shan-nan West circuit, also known as Hsing-yuan, on the borders of Shensi and Szechuan.
- 2014 October 11, WU NAN, “Breastfed baby gets drunk; Grandpa kills child smuggler”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on 12 October 2014:
- A male vegetable seller killed a female hawker in a fight over space at a farmer's market in Yang county, near Hanzhong , Huashang Daily reports.
- 2021 April 15, “Best destinations to view flowers in southern Shaanxi”, in China Daily, archived from the original on 15 April 2021:
- 2 Yang county, Hanzhong city
Yang county has been famous for its cole flowers since ancient times. The place is known as “the heaven of cole flowers”. Besides, there is also a wheat field here, which creates a unique blend of half-green and half-yellow scenery.
Travel guide: Train-Xi'an North Station → Yangxian West Station (Around 1 hour)
Tips: Except for cole flowers, the pear flowers bloom at the same time in Yang county. Last but not least, you can see the exclusive crested ibises here!
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Yang.
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Derived terms
- Norrish-Yang reaction
Translations
county
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Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Yang is the 290th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 106,033 individuals. Yang is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (96.8%) individuals.
Anagrams
- Nagy
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [jaŋ]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aŋ
Noun
Yang n (strong, genitive Yangs or Yang, no plural)
- yang
Declension
Declension of Yang [sg-only, neuter, strong]
singular | |||
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indef. | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Yang |
genitive | eines | des | Yangs, Yang |
dative | einem | dem | Yang |
accusative | ein | das | Yang |
Further reading
- “Yang” in Duden online
Tagalog
Etymology
From Hokkien 楊/杨 (iâng).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjaŋ/, [ˈjaŋ]
Proper noun
Yang
- a surname from Min Nan of Chinese origin
See also
- Yu
- Young
- Yung
- Yongco
- Auyong
- Awyoung