English

Proper noun

Yang

1. (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 ‎(“Willow”) and 洋 ‎(“a river name”).

Proper noun

Yang

1. Various Chinese surnames.

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aŋ

Noun

Yang n ‎(genitive Yang or Yangs, no plural)

1. yang

English

Alternative forms

• Yang

Pronunciation

• enPR: yāng, IPA^(key): /jeɪŋ/
• (in the UK, also:) enPR: yăng, IPA^(key): /jæŋ/
• Rhymes: -eɪŋ, -æŋ

Noun

yang ‎(uncountable)

1. (philosophy) A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, etc. elements of the natural world.

Related terms

• (complement): yin
• (unity): yin-yang

Translations

Etymology 2

From Korean 양 (兩, yang, “yang, tael”).

Noun

yang ‎(plural yangs)

1. The monetary unit of Korea from 1892 to 1902, divided 100 pun.

Etymology 3

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.

Noun

yang ‎(plural yangs)

1. The cry of the wild goose; a honk.
   • 1867, Gail Hamilton, Wool-gathering, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, page 185:

     Hangs is a false word, — a Northern corruption of the negro dialect yang, — an onomatopœian word, representing the "far heard clang" of the wild goose.

French

Etymology

From Mandarin

Noun

yang m ‎(uncountable)

1. yang

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay yang.

Conjunction

yang

1. which ((relative) who, whom, what)

Pronoun

yang

1. one (impersonal pronoun)

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iaŋ/
• Rhymes: -iaŋ, -jaŋ, -aŋ

Etymology 1

From hiang, from Proto-Malayic *hiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hiaŋ, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *hiaŋ, from Proto-Western Malayo-Polynesian *qiaŋ.

Alternative forms

• hiang
• yang-yang
• هياڠ
• يڠ
• يڠ٢

Noun

yang ‎(Jawi spelling يڠ, used only in the form yang-yang)

1. Alternative form of hiang

Synonyms

• tuhan / توهن
• dewa m / ديوا m / dewi f / ديوي f
• ilah / اله

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• يڠ

Conjunction

yang ‎(Jawi spelling يڠ)

1. which ((relative) who, whom, what)

Pronoun

yang ‎(Jawi spelling يڠ)

1. one (impersonal pronoun)

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

Mato

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɑŋ]

Noun

yang

1. wind

References

• Phonological Descriptions of Papua New Guinea Languages (2005, SIL, edited by Steve Parker), section Mato (Nenaya, Nengaya, Nineia) Language, page 28: yang [ˈjɑŋ] 'wind'