杨 (yáng): poplar
杨 (yáng) is a Chinese character meaning “poplar.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 昜 (structural). It ranks #1061 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 杨 tree. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- poplar
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白杨 | bái yáng | poplar |
| 白杨树 | bái yáng shù | white poplar (Populus bonatii) |
| 杨百翰 | yáng bǎi hàn | Brigham Young |
| 水杨酸 | shuǐ yáng suān | salicylic acid |
| 杨树 | yáng shù | poplar tree |
| 百步穿杨 | bǎi bù chuān yáng | to shoot with great precision (idiom) |
| 杨森 | yáng sēn | Yang Sen (1884-1977), Sichuan warlord and general |
| 杨梅 | yáng méi | red bayberry (Myrica rubra), aka Chinese bayberry |
| 杨桃 | yáng táo | carambola |
| 杨柳 | yáng liǔ | willow tree |
| 杨斌 | yáng bīn | Yang Bin (1963-), Chinese-Dutch businessman |
| 水性杨花 | shuǐ xìng yáng huā | fickle (woman) |
| 杨家将 | yáng jiā jiàng | Yang Saga, a popular fiction from the Northern Song, depicting the heroic Yang family 楊業|杨业 of warriors |
| 杨建利 | yáng jiàn lì | Yang JianLi, PRC human rights activist |
| 杨月清 | yáng yuè qīng | Yang Yueqing, Chinese-Canadian woman documentary film director |
杨 appears in 60 compound words: 73 as the first character, 15 as the last, and 12 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 杨 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Showing 2 of 3 idioms containing 杨.
Example Sentences
爷爷在门前种了一棵杨苗，现在已经长得很高了。
yé yé zài mén qián zhǒng le yī kē yáng miáo , xiàn zài yǐ jīng cháng dé hěn gāo le .
Grandpa planted a young poplar tree by the door, and now it has grown very tall.
蓝台中市长人选民众各有所好 杨阵营诉求“分工”思维
lán tái zhōng shì cháng rén xuǎn mín zhòng gè yǒu suǒ hǎo yáng zhèn yíng sù qiú fēn gōng sī wéi
The mayoral candidates of Lan Taichung have their own preferences, and the Yang camp appeals for "division of labor" thinking
夜王—杨偲泳性感镜头疑遭刻意删减 公开绝密福利照...
yè wáng — yáng 偲 yǒng xìng gǎn jìng tóu yí zāo kè yì shān jiǎn gōng kāi jué mì fú lì zhào . . .
Night King - Yang Siyong's sexy footage is suspected of being deliberately deleted and publishing top-secret welfare photos...
五杨高架男搭小黄情绪失控! 下车乱窜坠桥亡
wǔ yáng gāo jià nán dā xiǎo huáng qíng xù shī kòng ! xià chē luàn cuàn zhuì qiáo wáng
Wuyang elevated man and Xiao Huang lost control of their emotions! He got out of the car and ran wildly, fell off the bridge, and died
杨巧双访闽听民意 推动策略发展旅游经济
yáng qiǎo shuāng fǎng 闽 tīng mín yì tuī dòng cè lüè fā zhǎn lǚ yóu jīng jì
Yang Qiaoshuang visited Fujian to listen to public opinion and promote the strategic development of the tourism economy
Character Family
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