yang — English Dictionary

Noun

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

   Usage

   • Uncountable

   Related words

   MONOGRAM FOR YANG ⚊

   Examples

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   "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.

Noun

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

Verb

1. To make the cry of the wild goose.

   Usage

   • Rare

   Examples

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   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.

Noun

1. The cry of the wild goose; a honk.

   Examples

   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.

Noun

1. the bright positive masculine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology

   Antonyms

   yin

   Broader terms

   principlerule

   Examples

   yin and yang together produce everything that comes into existence