| | overcast (weather) / cloudy / shady / Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) / negative (electric.) / feminine / moon / implicit / hidden / genitalia | HSK 2 |
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| | yin and yang | |
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| | surname Yang | |
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| | positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴 | |
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| | (TCM) to build up one's kidney yang; to boost male sex drive | |
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| | yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe | |
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| | surname Yang | |
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| | deficiency of yang 陽|阳 (TCM) | |
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| | Yang Guo, protagonist of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" 神鵰俠侶|神雕侠侣 / (used jocularly as a verb "to have tested positive", since 楊|杨 and 陽|阳 are homonyms) | |
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| | Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國|秦国, whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝 | |
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| | Yang Sen (1884-1977), Sichuan warlord and general | |
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| | Zhang Yang (1967-), PRC film director and screenwriter | |
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| | Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month | |
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| | surname Yang | |
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| | to vaporize / evaporation / carburetion / 氣|气 transformation in TCM (i.e. transformation of yin yang vital breath) / unvoicing of voiced consonant | |
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| | Gao Yang (1926-1992), Taiwanese historical novelist | |
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| | abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州 in Jiangsu / surname Yang | |
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| | heaven and earth / yin and yang | |
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| | the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄 in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters | |
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| | Yang County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中, Shaanxi | |
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| | Yang Xiuqing (1821-1856), organizer and commander-in-chief of the Taiping Rebellion | |
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| | the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists) / fig. people from all trades (often derog.) | |
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| | Yang Yi (974-1020), Northern Song dynasty writer and poet | |
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| | Yang Ye (died 986), Chinese military general of the Northern Han and the Northern Song dynasties, defended the Song against invasion by the Liao 遼|辽 | |
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| | Yang Jiong (650-693?), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰 | |
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| | Long yang village in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai | |
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| | Zou Yan (305-240 BC), founder of the School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) | |
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| | excess of yang 陽|阳 in TCM | |
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| | first Sui emperor Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604 | |
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| | Yang Lan (1968-), Chinese media proprietor, journalist, and talk show hostess | |
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| | Liu Yang (1978-), China's first female astronaut in space (June 16, 2012) | |
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| | Yang Bin (1963-), Chinese-Dutch businessman | |
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| | Yang Wei (1979-), PRC badminton player, women's doubles specialist | |
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| | Yang Jun (571-600), son of the first Sui emperor 楊堅|杨坚 | |
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| | Yang Zhu (c. 440-360 BC), Chinese philosopher advocating ethical egoism | |
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| | Yang Rui (1855-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 / Yang Rui (1963-), host of "Dialogue" on CCTV News | |
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| | Yang Jiechi (1950-), Chinese politician and diplomat, foreign minister of PRC 2007-2013 | |
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| | Yang JianLi, PRC human rights activist | |
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| | Chen-Ning Franklin Yang (1922-), theoretical physicist, co-developer of Yang-Mills gauge theory, 1957 Nobel laureate | |
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| | Yang Shangkun (1907-1998), former president of PRC and military leader | |
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| | Yang Fujia (1936-), nuclear physicist | |
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| | Yang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗 | |
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| | lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃) (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup / to present oneself just as one is, without artifice | |
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| | Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month | |
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| | the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家, Daoists 道家, Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家, Legalists 法家, Logicians 名家, Mohists 墨家, Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家, Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家, and Agriculturalists 農家|农家 | |
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| | (TCM) the eight principal syndromes (used to differentiate pathological conditions): yin and yang, exterior and interior, cold and heat, hypofunction and hyperfunction | |
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| | Prime tortoise of the record bureau, Song dynasty historical encyclopedia of political essays, autobiography, memorials and decrees, compiled 1005-1013 under Wang Qinruo 王欽若|王钦若 and Yang Yi 楊億|杨亿, 1000 scrolls | |
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| | the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang, namely Wang Bo 王勃, Yang Jiong 楊炯|杨炯, Lu Zhaolin 盧照鄰|卢照邻, and Luo Binwang 駱賓王|骆宾王 | |
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| | Shang Yang's political reform of Qin state 秦國|秦国 of 356 BC and 350 BC, that put it on the road to world domination | |
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| | the four legendary beauties of ancient China, namely: Xishi 西施, Wang Zhaojun 王昭君, Diaochan 貂蟬|貂蝉 and Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環|杨玉环 | |
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| | diagram of cosmological scheme / Yin-Yang symbol ☯ | |
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| | lesser yang gallbladder meridian of the leg (one of the 12 principal meridians of TCM) | |
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| | the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同|谭嗣同, Lin Xu 林旭, Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀|杨深秀, Liu Guangdi 劉光第|刘光第, Kang Guangren 康廣仁|康广仁 and Yang Rui 楊銳|杨锐 | |
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| | Yang Xiong (53 BC-18 AD), scholar, poet and lexicographer, author of the first Chinese dialect dictionary 方言 | |
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| | Rainie Yang (1984-), Taiwanese entertainer | |
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| | Yang Ningshi (873-954) calligrapher of the Five Dynasties period | |
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| | Yang Liwei (1965-), astronaut, first Chinese citizen in space | |
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| | Yang Shouren (1912-2005), PRC agricultural scientist / Yang Shouren (16th century), Ming dynasty scholar | |
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| | Yang Saga, a popular fiction from the Northern Song, depicting the heroic Yang family 楊業|杨业 of warriors | |
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| | Yang Baosen (1909-1958), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生 | |
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| | Yang Yueqing, Chinese-Canadian woman documentary film director | |
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| | Yang Shenxiu (1849-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 | |
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| | Yang Chengzhong (1913-1987), Chinese nuclear physicist | |
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| | Yang Yuhuan, aka Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃 (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗 | |
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| | Jerry Yang (1968-), Taiwan-US millionaire and creator of Yahoo | |
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| | Yang Hucheng (1893-1949), Chinese warlord and Nationalist general | |
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| | Yang Kaihui (1901-1930), Mao Zedong's second wife | |
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| | abbr. for Wang Bo 王勃, Yang Jiong 楊炯|杨炯, Lu Zhaolin 盧照鄰|卢照邻, and Luo Binwang 駱賓王|骆宾王, the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang | |
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| | Mu Guiying, female warrior and heroine of the Yang Saga 楊家將|杨家将 | |
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| | Xiao Yang (1938-), president of the PRC Supreme Court 1998-2008 | |
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| | (TCM) consumptive disease, chronic deficiency disorder due to impaired function of inner organs, deficiency of qi, blood, yin and yang / asthenia | |
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| | Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month | |
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| | a deal where the parties collude to sign an under-the-table "yin contract" 陰合同|阴合同 as well as an ostensibly genuine "yang contract" 陽合同|阳合同 in order to deceive authorities | |
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| | School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) founded by Zou Yan 鄒衍|邹衍 | |
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| | Emperor Yang of Sui (569-618), said to have murdered his father and brother to seize the throne, reigned 604-618 | |
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