yang
/ˈjeɪ̯ŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, etc. elements of the natural world.
Uncountable
noun
The monetary unit of Korea from 1892 to 1902, divided into 100 pun.
verb
To make the cry of the wild goose.
noun
The cry of the wild goose; a honk.
name
Alternative letter-case form of yang when used as a proper noun.
Example Sentences
- ""Steamed fish and chicken and vegetable soup and even mushrooms are considered cooling foods, edible materializations of the yang, the pure primal air. The yin, or earth element, inheres in fried dishes and especially in shark's fin soup. Am I right, Mr Lee?""
- "The performance was unmistakably male and gay. The rousing lion dance that capped their performance provided the right touch of "yang" without destroying the distinct feel of something gay, Asian and new."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "Liang and Yang were the names of two commanderies to the southwest of Ch'ang-an; Yang is the modern Yang county, Shensi, and Liang, the administrative center of Shan-nan West circuit, also known as Hsing-yuan, on the borders of Shensi and Szechuan."
Etymology
From early romanizations of Chinese 陽／阳 (yáng), originally in reference to the sunny side of areas such as mountains and dwellings.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈjeɪ̯ŋ/