yáng

to raise; to hoist; to flutter

Character data

Radical ⼿ (64.9)
Strokes 12
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

揚 yáng
  1. 1. to raise
  2. 2. to hoist
  3. 3. to flutter
  4. 4. to propagate
  5. 5. scattering (in the wind)
  6. 6. the action of tossing or winnowing
  7. 7. surname Yang
  8. 8. abbr. for yáng zhōu
  9. 9. variant of yáng

Words containing 揚

Word Meaning
to rise (i.e. number increases); to raise; a price rise
upward trend; rising tendency
without ostentation; quietly
to spread (by word of mouth)
(idiom) nothing special to look at; unprepossessing
fig. to part ways
famous; to become known far and wide (idiom)
a show of strength
variant of hóng yáng
to make public or well known; to proclaim
fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
to promote; to enhance; to enrich
to display ostentatiously; flamboyant; brash
high-spirited and smug
"Weird Al" Yankovic, US parody singer
melodious; mellifluous
to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)
intonation; modulation (rising and falling pitch)
iambic
a whirlwind
a capstan
to praise; to extol; to publicize
Yangzhong county level city in Zhenjiang zhèn jiāng, Jiangsu
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