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name
Alternative letter-case form of yang when used as a proper noun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Chinese, alt-of
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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name
A surname from Chinese of various origins.
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name
A surname from Korean of various origins.
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name
A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
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noun
A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, etc. elements of the natural world.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
The monetary unit of Korea from 1892 to 1902, divided into 100 pun.
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noun
The cry of the wild goose; a honk.
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verb
To make the cry of the wild goose.
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Usage: rare
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noun
the bright positive masculine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: yin
Broader terms: principle, rule
History
See yang.
From various atonal romanizations of various Chinese characters, including 楊 /杨 (yáng, “Willow”) and 洋 (a river name).
From early romanizations of Chinese 陽/阳 (yáng), originally in reference to the sunny side of areas such as mountains and dwellings.
From Korean 양(兩) (yang, “yang, tael”). Doublet of liang.
Imitative.
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
