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poplar tree / various trees of genus Populus
HSK 7-9
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  *杨* | 杨* | *杨
surname Yang
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  *杨* | 杨* | *杨
poplar
Yang Guo, protagonist of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" 神鵰俠侶|神雕侠侣 / (used jocularly as a verb "to have tested positive", since 楊|杨 and 陽|阳 are homonyms)
willow tree / poplar and willow / name of traditional tune
poplar / CL:
salicylic acid
carambola / star fruit
red bayberry (Myrica rubra), aka Chinese bayberry
Yang Saga, a popular fiction from the Northern Song, depicting the heroic Yang family 楊業|杨业 of warriors
Yang Sen (1884-1977), Sichuan warlord and general
fickle (woman)
Yangling District in Xianyang City 咸陽市|咸阳市, Shaanxi
to shoot with great precision (idiom)
Yang Yi (974-1020), Northern Song dynasty writer and poet
Yang Jun (571-600), son of the first Sui emperor 楊堅|杨坚
Yang Lan (1968-), Chinese media proprietor, journalist, and talk show hostess
first Sui emperor Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604
Rainie Yang (1984-), Taiwanese entertainer
Yang Bin (1963-), Chinese-Dutch businessman
Yang Wei (1979-), PRC badminton player, women's doubles specialist
Yang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗
Yangpu district, central Shanghai
Yang Zhu (c. 440-360 BC), Chinese philosopher advocating ethical egoism
Yang Ye (died 986), Chinese military general of the Northern Han and the Northern Song dynasties, defended the Song against invasion by the Liao 遼|辽
Yang Jiong (650-693?), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰
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
Yang Baosen (1909-1958), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生
Yang Jiechi (1950-), Chinese politician and diplomat, foreign minister of PRC 2007-2013
white poplar (Populus bonatii)
Yangling District in Xianyang City 咸陽市|咸阳市, Shaanxi
Yang Xiuqing (1821-1856), organizer and commander-in-chief of the Taiping Rebellion
Yang Shenxiu (1849-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
Yang Fujia (1936-), nuclear physicist
abbr. for Wang Bo 王勃, Yang Jiong 楊炯|杨炯, Lu Zhaolin 盧照鄰|卢照邻, and Luo Binwang 駱賓王|骆宾王, the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang
Yang JianLi, PRC human rights activist
Chen-Ning Franklin Yang (1922-), theoretical physicist, co-developer of Yang-Mills gauge theory, 1957 Nobel laureate
Charlie Young (1974-), Hong Kong actress and singer
lit. stocks and knives / fig. any punishment equipment / torture instrument
Yang Ningshi (873-954) calligrapher of the Five Dynasties period
Yang Shangkun (1907-1998), former president of PRC and military leader
poplar mushroom (Cyclocybe aegerita)
Brigham Young University
weeping willow
alder tree (Alnus glutinosa)
lit. stocks and knives / fig. any punishment equipment / torture instrument
Yang Liwei (1965-), the first Chinese astronaut sent into space
Yang Shouren (1912-2005), PRC agricultural scientist / Yang Shouren (16th century), Ming dynasty scholar
Yang Yueqing, Chinese-Canadian woman documentary film director
Yang Chengzhong (1913-1987), Chinese nuclear physicist
Yang Yuhuan, aka Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃 (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗
Brigham Young
Jerry Yang (1968-), Taiwan-US millionaire and creator of Yahoo
Yang Hucheng (1893-1949), Chinese warlord and Nationalist general
Yang Kaihui (1901-1930), Mao Zedong's second wife
European poplar (Populus tremula)
gray alder (Alnus incana) / speckled alder
dwarf bayberry (Myrica nana)
green alder (Alnus viridis)
alder tree (genus Alnus)
silver birch / white poplar


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