- Yang
Yang may refer to:
*Yang (character) , The fictional character from the Disney/Jetix show Yin Yang Yo!.
*Yang is a transcription of several Chinese words as they are pronounced in Mandarin:
** or 阳 ("yáng"), a word that may mean "(sun)light," "good," "heaven," etc.
***This is also the word for one half of the two opposing forces in Chinese philosophy, described as "bright positive masculine principle" in Chinese dualistic cosmology ofyin and yang
** or 杨 is a word for certain tree species, such as the poplar and the aspen.
***Yang (surname) , is usually transcribed from this word. E.g. "Edward Zhong Zhong Yang"
**, sheep or goat, and symbol for the eighth of twelve animals in Chinese astrology.
** ("yáng"), a word for "ocean," which may also be used as a prefix to form words that refer to foreign people, objects, or ideas that have reached China from overseas
*Yang di-Pertuan Agong , the constitutional monarch of Malaysia
* Yang isExperiment 502 in "Lilo and Stitch: The Series"
*Yang Fang Leiden - a fictional character from Final Fantasy IV
*Yang Lee - a character in the Street Fighter III series of fighting videogames.
*Chen Ning Yang : a Nobel Prize winning physicist.
*Yang Zhongjian (杨钟健, 1897-1979), a Chinese paleontologist
*Yang Jisheng , a Chinese journalist and author of "Tombstone"
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