| 楊 | [ yáng ] surname Yang |
| 楊 | [ yáng ] poplar |
| 楊丞琳 | [ yáng chéng lín ] Rainie Yang (1984-), Taiwanese entertainer |
| 楊俊 | [ yáng jùn ] Yang Jun (571-600), son of the first Sui emperor 楊堅|杨坚[Yang2 Jian1] |
| 楊億 | [ yáng yì ] Yang Yi (974-1020), Northern Song dynasty writer and poet |
| 楊凝式 | [ yáng níng shì ] Yang Ningshi (873-954) calligrapher of the Five Dynasties period |
| 楊利偉 | [ yáng lì weǐ ] Yang Liwei (1965-), astronaut, first Chinese citizen in space |
| 楊堅 | [ yáng jiān ] first Sui emperor Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604 |
| 楊妃 | [ yáng feī ] see 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1] |
| 楊守仁 | [ yáng shoǔ rén ] Yang Shouren (1912-2005), PRC agricultural scientist, Yang Shouren (16th century), Ming dynasty scholar |
| 楊家將 | [ yáng jiā jiàng ] Yang Saga, a popular fiction from the Northern Song, depicting the heroic Yang family 楊業|杨业 of warriors |
| 楊寶森 | [ yáng baǒ sēn ] Yang Baosen (1909-1958), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生 |
| 楊尚昆 | [ yáng shàng kūn ] Yang Shangkun (1907-1998), former president of PRC and military leader |
| 楊建利 | [ yáng jiàn lì ] Yang JianLi, PRC human rights activist |
| 楊振寧 | [ yáng zhèn nìng ] Chen-Ning Franklin Yang (1922-), theoretical physicist, co-developer of Yang-Mills gauge theory, 1957 Nobel laureate |
| 楊斌 | [ yáng bīn ] Yang Bin (1963-), Chinese-Dutch businessman |
| 楊月清 | [ yáng yuè qīng ] Yang Yueqing, Chinese-Canadian woman documentary film director |
| 楊朱 | [ yáng zhū ] Yang Zhu (c. 440-360 BC), Chinese philosopher advocating ethical egoism |
| 楊柳 | [ yáng liǔ ] willow tree, poplar and willow, name of traditional tune |
| 楊桃 | [ yáng taó ] carambola, star fruit |
| 楊梅 | [ yáng meí ] Yangmei town in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[Tao2 yuan2 xian4], north Taiwan |
| 楊梅 | [ yáng meí ] red bayberry, Chinese bayberry, Japanese bayberry, Myrica rubra, CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4] |
| 楊梅鎮 | [ yáng meí zhèn ] Yangmei town in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[Tao2 yuan2 xian4], north Taiwan |
| 楊森 | [ yáng sēn ] Yang Sen (1884-1977), Sichuan warlord and general |
| 楊業 | [ 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 |
| 楊樹 | [ yáng shù ] poplar tree, various trees of genus Populus |
| 楊浦區 | [ yáng pǔ qū ] Yangpu district, central Shanghai |
| 楊深秀 | [ 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 |
| 楊潔篪 | [ yáng jié chí ] Yang Jiechi (1950-), Chinese politician and diplomat, foreign minister of PRC 2007-2013 |
| 楊澄中 | [ yáng chéng zhōng ] Yang Chengzhong (1913-1987), Chinese nuclear physicist |
| 楊瀾 | [ yáng lán ] Yang Lan (1968-), Chinese media proprietor, journalist, and talk show hostess |
| 楊炯 | [ 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] |
| 楊玉環 | [ 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] |
| 楊百翰 | [ yáng baǐ hàn ] Brigham Young |
| 楊百翰大學 | [ yáng baǐ hàn dà xué ] Brigham Young University |
| 楊福家 | [ yáng fú jiā ] Yang Fujia (1936-), nuclear physicist |
| 楊秀清 | [ yáng xiù qīng ] Yang Xiuqing (1821-1856), organizer and commander-in-chief of the Taiping Rebellion |
| 楊維 | [ yáng weí ] Yang Wei (1979-), PRC badminton player, women's doubles specialist |
| 楊致遠 | [ yáng zhì yuǎn ] Jerry Yang (1968-), Taiwan-US millionaire and creator of Yahoo |
| 楊虎城 | [ yáng hǔ chéng ] Yang Hucheng (1893-1949), Chinese warlord and Nationalist general |
| 楊貴妃 | [ yáng guì feī ] Yang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1] |
| 楊采妮 | [ yáng caǐ nī ] Charlie Young (1974-), Hong Kong actress and singer |
| 楊銳 | [ 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 |
| 楊開慧 | [ yáng kaī huì ] Yang Kaihui (1901-1930), Mao Zedong's second wife |
| 楊陵 | [ yáng líng ] Yangling District in Xianyang City 咸陽市|咸阳市[Xian2 yang2 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| 楊陵區 | [ yáng líng qū ] Yangling District in Xianyang City 咸陽市|咸阳市[Xian2 yang2 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| ⇒ 垂楊柳 | [ chuí yáng liǔ ] weeping willow |
| ⇒ 普通赤楊 | [ pǔ tōng chì yáng ] alder tree (Alnus glutinosa) |
| ⇒ 桁楊 | [ háng yáng ] lit. stocks and knives, fig. any punishment equipment, torture instrument |
| ⇒ 桁楊刀鋸 | [ háng yáng daō jù ] lit. stocks and knives, fig. any punishment equipment, torture instrument |
| ⇒ 歐洲山楊 | [ oū zhoū shān yáng ] European poplar (Populus tremula) |
| ⇒ 水性楊花 | [ shuǐ xìng yáng huā ] fickle (woman) |
| ⇒ 水楊酸 | [ shuǐ yáng suān ] salicylic acid |
| ⇒ 灰赤楊 | [ huī chì yáng ] gray alder (Alnus incana), speckled alder |
| ⇒ 王楊盧駱 | [ 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 |
| ⇒ 白楊 | [ baí yáng ] poplar, CL:棵[ke1] |
| ⇒ 白楊樹 | [ baí yáng shù ] white poplar (Populus bonatii) |
| ⇒ 百步穿楊 | [ baǐ bù chuān yáng ] to shoot with great precision (idiom) |
| ⇒ 矮楊梅 | [ aǐ yáng meí ] dwarf bayberry (Myrica nana) |
| ⇒ 綠赤楊 | [ lǜ chì yáng ] green alder (Alnus viridis) |
| ⇒ 赤楊 | [ chì yáng ] alder tree (genus Alnus) |
| ⇒ 銀白楊 | [ yín baí yáng ] silver birch, white poplar |
| ⇒ 隋文帝楊堅 | [ suí wén dì yáng jiān ] first Sui emperor (541-604) Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604 |