yáng
positive (electric.)
sun
male principle (Taoism)
Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1] ☯
yàng
manner
pattern
way
appearance
shape
classifier: kind, type
yǎng
to raise (animals)
to bring up (children)
to keep (pets)
to support
to give birth
yáng
ocean
vast
foreign
silver dollar or coin
yāng shì
China Central Television (CCTV), abbr. for 中國中央電視台|中国中央电视台[zhōng gúo zhōng yāng diàn shì tái]
Yáng Chéng lín
Rainie Yang (1984-), Taiwanese entertainer
yáng
sheep
goat
CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]
Chóng yáng
Double Ninth or Yang Festival
9th day of 9th lunar month
yǎng
to face upward
to look up
to admire
to rely on
yīn
overcast (weather)
cloudy
shady
Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang)
negative (electric.)
feminine
moon
implicit
hidden
genitalia
yáng
to raise
to hoist
the action of tossing or winnowing
scattering (in the wind)
to flutter
to propagate
Zhāng Yáng
Zhang Yang (1967-), PRC film director and screenwriter
Héng shān
Mt Heng in Hunan, southern of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳
Hengshan county in Hengyang 衡陽|衡阳[Héng yáng], Hunan
yāng
center
end
to beg
to plead
yāng
agitated (wind, cloud)
boundless
yǎng
variant of 癢|痒[yang3]
to itch
to tickle
Gāo Yáng
common name, e.g. Gao Yang (1926-1992), Taiwanese historical novelist
qián kūn
Heaven and earth
Yin and Yang
The Universe
yàng
to overflow
to ripple
used in place names
see 漾濞[Yang4 bi4]
Yáng Kāi huì
Yang Kaihui (1901-1930), Mao Zedong's second wife
zhōng qíng jú
US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA
abbr. for 中央情報局|中央情报局[zhōng yāng qíng bào jú]
Yáng Jié chí
Yang Jiechi (1950-), Chinese politician and diplomat, foreign minister of PRC 2007-2013
Yáng Zhèn níng
Chen Ning Yang (1922-), Chinese-born American physicist, 1957 Nobel Prize laureate in physics
Yáng Shàng kūn
Yang Shangkun (1907-1998), former president of PRC and military leader
yáng
ornaments on headstall of horse
Yáng Bīn
Yang Bin (1963-), Chinese-Dutch businessman
Chóng yáng jié
Double Ninth or Yang Festival
9th day of 9th lunar month
qì huà
to vaporize
evaporation
carburetion
氣|气[qi4] transformation in TCM (i.e. transformation of yin yang vital breath)
unvoicing of voiced consonant
Yáng Guì fēi
Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環|杨玉环[Yang2 Yu4 huan2] or Yang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1], blamed for extravagance and killed as a scapegoat during the An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[An1 Shi3 zhi1 Luan4]
sì dà měi nǚ
Four legendary beauties of ancient China, namely: Xi Shi 西施, Wang Zhaojun 王昭君, Diaochan 貂蟬|貂蝉 and Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環|杨玉环 or Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃
Fǎ Jiā
Legalist School of Thought of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) founded by Han Fei 韓非|韩非[Hán Fēi] and Li Si 李斯[Lǐ Sī], later adopted by Shang Yang 商鞅[Shāng Yāng] whose reforms helped establish the supremacy of the Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qīn qài] (221-207 BC)
zhōng cái
Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing
abbr. for 中央財經大學|中央财经大学[zhōng yāng cái jīng dà xué]
Qián xiàn
Qian county in Xiányáng 咸陽|咸阳[Xián yáng], Shǎnxī 陝西|陕西
Yáng jiā jiàng
Yang Saga, a popular fiction from the Northern Song, depicting the heroic Yang family 楊業|杨业 of warriors
Mù Guì yīng
Mu Guiying, female warrior and heroine of the Yang Saga 楊家將|杨家将
Jiǔ jiǔ chóng yáng
Double Ninth or Yang Festival
9th day of 9th lunar month
Shāng Yāng
Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and important statesman of Qin state 秦國|秦国 whose militaristic reforms in 356 and 350 BC played a key role in establishing Qin power
Yún xī
Yunxi district of Yueyang city 嶽陽市|岳阳市[Yuè yáng shì], Hunan
Yáng Sēn
Yang Sen (1884-1977), Sichuan warlord and general
Yáng Jùn
Yang Jun (571-600), son of the first Sui emperor 楊堅|杨坚[Yang2 Jian1]
Yáng xiàn
Yang county in Hànzhōng 漢中|汉中[Hàn zhōng], Shǎnxī
Suí Yáng dì
Emperor Yang of Sui (569-618), said to have murdered his father and brother to seize the throne, reigned 604-618
Yáng Zhì yuǎn
Jerry Yang (1968-), Taiwan-US millionaire and creator of Yahoo
yáng
clay sheep buried with the dead
Bīn xiàn
Bin county in Xiányáng 咸陽|咸阳[Xián yáng], Shǎnxī 陝西|陕西
Yáng Yù huán
Yang Yuhuan or Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1] (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1], blamed for extravagance and killed as a scapegoat during the An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[An1 Shi3 zhi1 Luan4]
sān jiào jiǔ liú
the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists)
fig. people from all trades (often derog.)
jiǔ liú
the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家[Ru2 jia1], Daoists 道家[Dao4 jia1], Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家[Yin1 yang2 jia1], Legalists 法家[Fa3 jia1], Logicians 名家[Ming2 jia1], Mohists 墨家[Mo4 jia1], Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1], Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家[Za2 jia1], and Agriculturalists 農家|农家[Nong2 jia1]
Tài jí tú
diagram of cosmological scheme
Yin-Yang symbol
☯
yáng
to soar
to fly
to float
variant of 揚|扬[yang2], to scatter
to spread
Yuè yáng xiàn
Yueyang county in Yueyang 嶽陽|岳阳[Yuè yáng], Hunan
Suí Wén dì
first Sui emperor (541-604) Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604
Yáng Jiān
first Sui emperor Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604
Yáng Ruì
Yang Rui (1855-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
Yang Rui (1963-), host of "Dialogue" on CCTV News
yāng
martingale (leather strap in horse harness)
discontented
Xiào Yáng
Xiao Yang (1938-), President of the PRC Supreme Court 1998-2008
Lóng yáng
Long yang village in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai
Yáng Hǔ chéng
Yang Hucheng (1893-1949), Chinese warlord and Nationalist general
Sān yuán xiàn
Sanyuan county in Xiányáng 咸陽|咸阳[Xián yáng], Shǎnxī 陝西|陕西
Jīng yáng xiàn
Jingyang county in Xiányáng 咸陽|咸阳[Xián yáng], Shǎnxī 陝西|陕西
Shāng Yāng biàn fǎ
Shang Yang's political reform of Qin state 秦國|秦国 of 356 BC and 350 BC, that put it on the road to world domination
Lǐ quán xiàn
Liquan county in Xiányáng 咸陽|咸阳[Xián yáng], Shǎnxī 陝西|陕西
yáng
soar
tossed by wind or wave
Qín dū qū
Qindu district in Xiányáng city 咸陽市|咸阳市[Xián yáng shì], Shǎnxī 陝西|陕西
Yuè yáng lóu qū
Yueyang tower district of Yueyang city 嶽陽市|岳阳市[Yuè yáng shì], Hunan
Xīng píng shì
Xingping county level city in Xiányáng 咸陽|咸阳[Xián yáng], Shǎnxī 陝西|陕西
yáng
to open out, to expand
bright, glorious
Wǔ gōng xiàn
Wugong county in Xiányáng 咸陽|咸阳[Xián yáng], Shǎnxī 陝西|陕西
Xún yì xiàn
Xunyi county in Xiányáng 咸陽|咸阳[Xián yáng], Shǎnxī 陝西|陕西
Yáng Xióng
Yang Xiong (53 BC-18 AD), scholar, poet and lexicographer, author of the first Chinese dialect dictionary 方言[Fang1 yan2]
Wèi chéng qū
Weicheng district in Xiányáng city 咸陽市|咸阳市[Xián yáng shì], Shǎnxī 陝西|陕西
Yún xī qū
Yunxi district of Yueyang city 嶽陽市|岳阳市[Yuè yáng shì], Hunan
Yáng Wéi
Yang Wei (1979-), PRC badminton player, women's doubles specialist
Chún huà xiàn
Chunhua county in Xiányáng 咸陽|咸阳[Xián yáng], Shǎnxī 陝西|陕西
Cháng wǔ xiàn
Changwu county in Xiányáng 咸陽|咸阳[Xián yáng], Shǎnxī 陝西|陕西
Yǒng shòu xiàn
Yongshou county in Xiányáng 咸陽|咸阳[Xián yáng], Shǎnxī 陝西|陕西
Yīn yáng Jiā
Yin-Yang School of Thought of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) founded by Zou Yan 鄒衍|邹衍[Zōu Yǎn]
Yáng Xiù qīng
Yang Xiuqing (1821-1856), organizer and commander-in-chief of the Taiping Rebellion
Yáng yè
famous Song dynasty family of warriors (c. 10th century AD), resisted the Liao 遼|辽 and defended the Song
the subject of the popular fiction Yang Saga 楊家將|杨家将
yáng
a weevil found in rice etc
Chéng bù miáo zú zì zhì xiàn
Chengbu Miao autonomous county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳[Shào yáng], Hunan
Zhōng guó gǔ dài sì dà měi nǚ
Four legendary beauties of ancient China, namely: Xi Shi 西施, Wang Zhaojun 王昭君, Diaochan 貂蟬|貂蝉 and Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環|杨玉环 or Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃
Yáng líng qū
Yangling district in Xiányáng city 咸陽市|咸阳市[Xián yáng shì], Shǎnxī 陝西|陕西
Yáng Fú jiā
Yang Fujia (1936-), nuclear physicist, famous for Yang-Mills gauge theory
Suí Wén dì Yáng jiān
first Sui emperor (541-604) Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604
Yáng Guān dà dào
lit. the road through Yang Guan
fig. wide open road
bright future
Zōu Yǎn
Zou Yan (305-240 BC), founder of the School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
Cè fǔ yuán guī
Prime tortoise of the record bureau, Song dynasty historical encyclopedia of political essays, autobiography, memorials and decrees, compiled 1005-1013 under Wang Qinruo 王欽若|王钦若 and Yang Yi 楊億|杨亿, 1000 scrolls
Yáng Bǎo sēn
Yang Baosen (1909-1958), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生
wù xū liù jūn zǐ
the six gentlemen martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同|谭嗣同, Lin Xu 林旭, Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀|杨深秀, Liu Guangdi 劉光第|刘光第, Kang Guangren 康廣仁|康广仁 and Yang Rui 楊銳|杨锐
Yáng Níng shì
Yang Ningshi (873-954) calligrapher of 5 dynasties period between Tang and Song
Yáng Yì
Yang Yi (974-1020), Northern Song dynasty writer and poet
Yáng Shǒu rén
Yang Shouren (1912-2005), PRC agricultural scientist
Yang Shouren (16th century), Ming dynasty scholar
sì dà xū shēng
Four great beards of Beijing opera, namely: Ma Lianliang 馬連良|马连良, Tan Fuying 譚富英|谭富英, Yang Baosen 楊寶森|杨宝森, Xi Xiaobo 奚嘯伯|奚啸伯
Yáng Yuè qīng
Yang Yueqing, Chinese-Canadian woman documentary film director
Yáng Shēn xiù
Yang Shenxiu (1849-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子[Wu4 xu1 Liu4 jun1 zi5] of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
yāng cái
Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing
abbr. for 中央財經大學|中央财经大学[zhōng yāng cái jīng dà xué]
Yáng Chéng zhōng
Yang Chengzhong (1913-1987), Chinese nuclear physicist
yáng jiàn lì
Yang JianLi, PRC human rights activist
Xiāo Yáng
Xiao Yang (1938-), President of the PRC Supreme Court 1998-2008
Yīn yáng jiā
School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) founded by Zou Yan 鄒衍|邹衍[Zou1 Yan3]
yáng
old variant of 陽|阳[yang2]
yáng shèng
excess of yang 陽|阳[yang2] in TCM
yáng
ornaments on headstall of horse
Fāng yán
the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄[Yang2 Xiong2] in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters
Fǎ jiā
Legalist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) founded by Han Fei 韓非|韩非[Han2 Fei1] and Li Si 李斯[Li3 Si1], later adopted by Shang Yang 商鞅[Shang1 Yang1] whose reforms helped establish the supremacy of the Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin1 dai4] (221-207 BC)
sù miàn cháo tiān
lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1]) (idiom)
fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup
to present oneself just as one is, without artifice
yǎng
old variant of 養|养[yang3]
liǎng yí
heaven and earth
yin and yang
Yáng Lì wěi
Yang Liwei (1965-), astronaut, first Chinese citizen in space
Yáng Jiàn lì
Yang JianLi, PRC human rights activist
Yáng Zhū
Yang Zhu (c. 440-360 BC), Chinese philosopher advocating ethical egoism
Yáng Lán
Yang Lan (1968-), Chinese media proprietor, journalist, and talk show hostess
sì dà měi nǚ
Four legendary beauties of ancient China, namely: Xishi 西施[Xi1 shi1], Wang Zhaojun 王昭君[Wang2 Zhao1 jun1], Diaochan 貂蟬|貂蝉[Diao1 Chan2] and Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環|杨玉环[Yang2 Yu4 huan2]
Liú Yáng
Liu Yang (1978-), China's first female astronaut in space (June 16, 2012)
Yáng Xiàn
Yang County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中[Han4 zhong1], Shaanxi
zhuàng yáng
(TCM) to build up one's kidney yang
to boost male sex drive
xū sǔn
(TCM) consumptive disease, chronic deficiency disorder due to impaired function of inner organs, deficiency of qi, blood, yin and yang
asthenia
Yáng
abbr. for 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1]
surname Yang
Wù xū Liù jūn zǐ
the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同|谭嗣同[Tan2 Si4 tong2], Lin Xu 林旭[Lin2 Xu4], Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀|杨深秀[Yang2 Shen1 xiu4], Liu Guangdi 劉光第|刘光第[Liu2 Guang1 di4], Kang Guangren 康廣仁|康广仁[Kang1 Guang3 ren2] and Yang Rui 楊銳|杨锐[Yang2 Rui4]