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杨

yáng

Character Traditional 楊

What 杨 means

1. poplar

Other readings

杨 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Yángsurname Yang

Example sentences

• 她喜欢吃杨梅。
  Tā xǐhuan chī yángméi.
  She likes red bayberries.
• 杨不是很喜欢我的朋友。
  Yang doesn't like my friend.

Words starting with 杨

• 杨振宁Yáng Zhèn nìngChen-Ning Franklin Yang (1922–2025), theoretical physicist, co-developer of Yang-Mills…
• 杨柳yáng liǔwillow tree; poplar and willow; name of traditional tune
• 杨树yáng shùpoplar tree; various trees of genus Populus
• 杨建利Yáng Jiàn lìYang JianLi, PRC human rights activist
• 杨贵妃Yáng Guì fēiYang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗
• 杨梅yáng méired bayberry (Myrica rubra), aka Chinese bayberry
• 杨澜Yáng LánYang Lan (1968-), Chinese media proprietor, journalist, and talk show hostess
• 杨尚昆Yáng Shàng kūnYang Shangkun (1907-1998), former president of PRC and military leader
• 杨利伟Yáng Lì wěiYang Liwei (1965–), the first Chinese astronaut sent into space
• 杨开慧Yáng Kāi huìYang Kaihui (1901-1930), Mao Zedong's second wife
• 杨坚Yáng Jiānfirst Sui emperor Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604
• 杨朱Yáng ZhūYang Zhu (c. 440-360 BC), Chinese philosopher advocating ethical egoism
• 杨森Yáng SēnYang Sen (1884-1977), Sichuan warlord and general
• 杨业Yáng YèYang Ye (died 986), Chinese military general of the Northern Han and the Northern Song…
• 杨维Yáng WéiYang Wei (1979-), PRC badminton player, women's doubles specialist
• 杨过Yáng GuòYang Guo, protagonist of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" 神雕侠侣…
• 杨凝式Yáng Níng shìYang Ningshi (873-954) calligrapher of the Five Dynasties period
• 杨守仁Yáng Shǒu rénYang Shouren (1912-2005), PRC agricultural scientist…
• 杨家将Yáng jiā jiàngYang Saga, a popular fiction from the Northern Song, depicting the heroic Yang family 杨业…
• 杨宝森Yáng Bǎo sēnYang Baosen (1909-1958), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大须生
• 杨月清Yáng Yuè qīngYang Yueqing, Chinese-Canadian woman documentary film director
• 杨浦区Yáng pǔ qūYangpu district, central Shanghai
• 杨深秀Yáng Shēn xiùYang Shenxiu (1849-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子
• 杨澄中Yáng Chéng zhōngYang Chengzhong (1913-1987), Chinese nuclear physicist

Words containing 杨

• 白杨bái yángpoplar
• 白杨树bái yáng shùwhite poplar (Populus bonatii)
• 赤杨chì yángalder tree (genus Alnus)
• 水杨酸shuǐ yáng suānsalicylic acid
• 灰赤杨huī chì yánggray alder (Alnus incana); speckled alder
• 绿赤杨lǜ chì yánggreen alder (Alnus viridis)
• 银白杨yín bái yángsilver birch; white poplar
• 普通赤杨pǔ tōng chì yángalder tree (Alnus glutinosa)
• 欧洲山杨Ōu zhōu shān yángEuropean poplar (Populus tremula)
• 水性杨花shuǐ xìng yáng huāfickle (woman)
• 垂杨柳chuí yáng liǔweeping willow
• 矮杨梅ǎi yáng méidwarf bayberry (Myrica nana)
• 桁杨háng yánglit. stocks and knives; fig. any punishment equipment; torture instrument
• 桁杨刀锯háng yáng dāo jùlit. stocks and knives; fig. any punishment equipment; torture instrument
• 百步穿杨bǎi bù chuān yángto shoot with great precision (idiom)
• 王杨卢骆Wáng Yáng Lú Luòabbr. for Wang Bo 王勃

Characters that look like 杨

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 场chǎnglarge place used for a specific purpose; stage; scene (of a play)
• 轮lúnwheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate
• 扬yángto raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing
• 抬táito lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry
• 畅chàngfree; unimpeded; smooth
• 抡lūnto swing (one's arms, a heavy object); to wave (a sword, one's fists); to fling (money)

Sounds the same

Read yáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 羊sheep; goat
• 阳positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism)
• 洋ocean; vast; foreign
• 扬to raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing
• 佯to feign; to pretend
• 炀molten; smelt
• 疡ulcers; sores
• 烊molten; smelt
• 徉to walk back and forth
• 旸rising sun; sunshine
• 飏to soar; to fly; to float
• 垟clay sheep buried with the dead