Yang

A surname from Chinese of various origins.

Proper noun

  1. A surname from Chinese of various origins.
  2. A surname from Korean of various origins.
  3. A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
    • 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...
    • The well-known Hanzhong Basin, extending from Yangxian to Mianxian, about 80 kilometres from east to west and 10 to 15 kilometres from north to south, is a major farming area. - [1992, Shunwu Zhou, “Shaanxi Province”,...
    • A male vegetable seller killed a female hawker in a fight over space at a farmer's market in Yang county, near Hanzhong , Huashang Daily reports. - 2014 October 11, WU NAN, “Breastfed baby gets drunk; Grandpa kills...

Origin

From various atonal romanizations of various Chinese characters, including 楊 /杨 (yáng, “Willow”) and 洋 (a river name).

Derived

Norrish-Yang reaction Yang-Baxter equation

Proper noun human sciences, philosophy

  1. Alternative letter-case form of yang when used as a proper noun.

Origin

See yang.