| 杨 | [ yáng ] surname Yang |
| 杨 | [ yáng ] poplar |
| 杨丞琳 | [ yáng chéng lín ] Rainie Yang (1984-), Taiwanese entertainer |
| 杨俊 | [ yáng jùn ] Yang Jun (571-600), son of the first Sui emperor 楊堅|杨坚[Yang2 Jian1] |
| 杨亿 | [ yáng yì ] Yang Yi (974-1020), Northern Song dynasty writer and poet |
| 杨凝式 | [ yáng níng shì ] Yang Ningshi (873-954) calligrapher of the Five Dynasties period |
| 杨利伟 | [ yáng lì weǐ ] Yang Liwei (1965-), astronaut, first Chinese citizen in space |
| 杨坚 | [ yáng jiān ] first Sui emperor Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604 |
| 杨妃 | [ yáng feī ] see 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1] |
| 杨守仁 | [ yáng shoǔ rén ] Yang Shouren (1912-2005), PRC agricultural scientist, Yang Shouren (16th century), Ming dynasty scholar |
| 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 |
| 杨宝森 | [ yáng baǒ sēn ] Yang Baosen (1909-1958), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生 |
| 杨尚昆 | [ yáng shàng kūn ] Yang Shangkun (1907-1998), former president of PRC and military leader |
| 杨建利 | [ yáng jiàn lì ] Yang JianLi, PRC human rights activist |
| 杨振宁 | [ yáng zhèn nìng ] Chen-Ning Franklin Yang (1922-), theoretical physicist, co-developer of Yang-Mills gauge theory, 1957 Nobel laureate |
| 杨斌 | [ yáng bīn ] Yang Bin (1963-), Chinese-Dutch businessman |
| 杨月清 | [ yáng yuè qīng ] Yang Yueqing, Chinese-Canadian woman documentary film director |
| 杨朱 | [ yáng zhū ] Yang Zhu (c. 440-360 BC), Chinese philosopher advocating ethical egoism |
| 杨柳 | [ yáng liǔ ] willow tree, poplar and willow, name of traditional tune |
| 杨桃 | [ yáng taó ] carambola, star fruit |
| 杨梅 | [ yáng meí ] Yangmei town in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[Tao2 yuan2 xian4], north Taiwan |
| 杨梅 | [ yáng meí ] red bayberry, Chinese bayberry, Japanese bayberry, Myrica rubra, CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4] |
| 杨梅镇 | [ yáng meí zhèn ] Yangmei town in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[Tao2 yuan2 xian4], north Taiwan |
| 杨森 | [ yáng sēn ] Yang Sen (1884-1977), Sichuan warlord and general |
| 杨业 | [ yáng yè ] famous Song dynasty family of warriors (c. 10th century AD), resisted the Liao 遼|辽 and defended the Song, the subject of the popular fiction Yang Saga 楊家將|杨家将 |
| 杨树 | [ yáng shù ] poplar tree, various trees of genus Populus |
| 杨浦区 | [ yáng pǔ qū ] Yangpu district, central Shanghai |
| 杨深秀 | [ yáng shēn xiù ] Yang Shenxiu (1849-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子[Wu4 xu1 Liu4 jun1 zi5] of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 |
| 杨洁篪 | [ yáng jié chí ] Yang Jiechi (1950-), Chinese politician and diplomat, foreign minister of PRC 2007-2013 |
| 杨澄中 | [ yáng chéng zhōng ] Yang Chengzhong (1913-1987), Chinese nuclear physicist |
| 杨澜 | [ yáng lán ] Yang Lan (1968-), Chinese media proprietor, journalist, and talk show hostess |
| 杨炯 | [ yáng jiǒng ] Yang Jiong (650-693?), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2] |
| 杨玉环 | [ yáng yù huán ] Yang Yuhuan, aka Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1] (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1] |
| 杨百翰 | [ yáng baǐ hàn ] Brigham Young |
| 杨百翰大学 | [ yáng baǐ hàn dà xué ] Brigham Young University |
| 杨福家 | [ yáng fú jiā ] Yang Fujia (1936-), nuclear physicist |
| 杨秀清 | [ yáng xiù qīng ] Yang Xiuqing (1821-1856), organizer and commander-in-chief of the Taiping Rebellion |
| 杨维 | [ yáng weí ] Yang Wei (1979-), PRC badminton player, women's doubles specialist |
| 杨致远 | [ yáng zhì yuǎn ] Jerry Yang (1968-), Taiwan-US millionaire and creator of Yahoo |
| 杨虎城 | [ yáng hǔ chéng ] Yang Hucheng (1893-1949), Chinese warlord and Nationalist general |
| 杨贵妃 | [ yáng guì feī ] Yang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1] |
| 杨采妮 | [ yáng caǐ nī ] Charlie Young (1974-), Hong Kong actress and singer |
| 杨锐 | [ yáng ruì ] 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 |
| 杨开慧 | [ yáng kaī huì ] Yang Kaihui (1901-1930), Mao Zedong's second wife |
| 杨陵 | [ yáng líng ] Yangling District in Xianyang City 咸陽市|咸阳市[Xian2 yang2 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| 杨陵区 | [ yáng líng qū ] Yangling District in Xianyang City 咸陽市|咸阳市[Xian2 yang2 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| ⇒ 垂杨柳 | [ chuí yáng liǔ ] weeping willow |
| ⇒ 普通赤杨 | [ pǔ tōng chì yáng ] alder tree (Alnus glutinosa) |
| ⇒ 桁杨 | [ háng yáng ] lit. stocks and knives, fig. any punishment equipment, torture instrument |
| ⇒ 桁杨刀锯 | [ háng yáng daō jù ] lit. stocks and knives, fig. any punishment equipment, torture instrument |
| ⇒ 欧洲山杨 | [ oū zhoū shān yáng ] European poplar (Populus tremula) |
| ⇒ 水性杨花 | [ shuǐ xìng yáng huā ] fickle (woman) |
| ⇒ 水杨酸 | [ shuǐ yáng suān ] salicylic acid |
| ⇒ 灰赤杨 | [ huī chì yáng ] gray alder (Alnus incana), speckled alder |
| ⇒ 王杨卢骆 | [ wáng yáng lú luò ] abbr. for Wang Bo 王勃[Wang2 Bo2], Yang Jiong 楊炯|杨炯[Yang2 Jiong3], Lu Zhaolin 盧照鄰|卢照邻[Lu2 Zhao4 lin2], and Luo Binwang 駱賓王|骆宾王[Luo4 Bin1 wang2], the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang |
| ⇒ 白杨 | [ baí yáng ] poplar, CL:棵[ke1] |
| ⇒ 白杨树 | [ baí yáng shù ] white poplar (Populus bonatii) |
| ⇒ 百步穿杨 | [ baǐ bù chuān yáng ] to shoot with great precision (idiom) |
| ⇒ 矮杨梅 | [ aǐ yáng meí ] dwarf bayberry (Myrica nana) |
| ⇒ 绿赤杨 | [ lǜ chì yáng ] green alder (Alnus viridis) |
| ⇒ 赤杨 | [ chì yáng ] alder tree (genus Alnus) |
| ⇒ 银白杨 | [ yín baí yáng ] silver birch, white poplar |
| ⇒ 隋文帝杨坚 | [ suí wén dì yáng jiān ] first Sui emperor (541-604) Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604 |
