yang

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈjeɪ̯ŋ/|[ˈjeɪ̯ŋ]|/ˈjɛ̃ŋ/|[ˈjɛ̃ŋ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, etc. elements of the natural world. uncountable
    — "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?"
  2. The monetary unit of Korea from 1892 to 1902, divided into 100 pun.
  3. The cry of the wild goose; a honk.
    — 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.
动词 v.
  1. To make the cry of the wild goose. rare
    — 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.

词形变化

Yang alternative yangs plural yangs present,singular,third-person yanging participle,present yanged participle,past yanged past yangs plural

词源

词源 1
From early romanizations of Chinese 陽/阳 (yáng), originally in reference to the sunny side of areas such as mountains and dwellings.
词源 2
From Korean 양(兩) (yang, “yang, tael”). Doublet of liang.
词源 3
Imitative.
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