yang

See also yāng, yáng, yǎng, and yàng

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æŋ

Noun

yang (plural yangs)

1. The essential male principle in eastern religion or philosophy.
2. The monetary unit of Korea from 1892 to 1902, divided 100 pun.

Antonyms

• yin

Related terms

• yin-yang

Translations

essential male principle

Chinese: Mandarin: 陽 (cmn), 阳 (cmn) (yáng) Japanese: 陽 (ja) (よう, yō)

Korean: 양 (ko) (yang) (陽 (ko)) Russian: ян (ru) (jan) m. and n. Vietnamese: dương (vi) (陽 (vi))

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æŋ

Verb

yang (third-person singular simple present yangs, present participle yanging, simple past and past participle yanged)

1. (rare) To make the cry of the wild goose.
   • 1902, Eleanor Gates, The biography of a prairie girl

     Away they went, the colt in the lead and the pinto after, until they reached the bunch of cottonwoods far up the stream where the yanging wild geese had their nests.

   • 1957, Adelbert Ames, Chronicles from the Nineteenth Century: 1874-1899

     Last night we were awakened by the barking of dogs and yanging of a goose, and investigated to find that the man had neglected to house the geese and the dogs were killing them.

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French

Etymology

From Mandarin

Noun

yang m. (usually uncountable)

1. yang

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Indonesian

Conjunction

yang

1. which

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Mandarin

Romanization

yang

1. Nonstandard spelling of yāng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of yáng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of yǎng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of yàng.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.