yang

Etymology 1

From early romanizations of Chinese 陽／阳 (yáng), originally in reference to the sunny side of areas such as mountains and dwellings.

noun

1. (philosophy) A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, etc. elements of the natural world.
   "Steamed fish and chicken and vegetable soup and even mushrooms are considered cooling foods, edible materializations of the yang, the pure primal air. The yin, or earth element, inheres in fried dishes and especially in shark's fin soup. Am I right, Mr Lee?" 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 187

Etymology 2

From Korean 양(兩) (yang, “yang, tael”). Doublet of liang.

noun

1. The monetary unit of Korea from 1892 to 1902, divided into 100 pun.

Etymology 3

Imitative.

verb

1. (rare) To make the cry of the wild goose.
   Away they went, the colt in the lead and the pinto after, until they reached the bunch of cottonwoods far up the stream where the yanging wild geese had their nests. 1902, Eleanor Gates, The biography of a prairie girl
   Last night we were awakened by the barking of dogs and yanging of a goose, and investigated to find that the man had neglected to house the geese and the dogs were killing them. 1957, Adelbert Ames, Chronicles from the Nineteenth Century: 1874-1899

noun

1. The cry of the wild goose; a honk.
   Hangs is a false word, — a Northern corruption of the negro dialect yang, — an onomatopœian word, representing the "far heard clang" of the wild goose. 1867, Gail Hamilton, Wool-gathering, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, page 185