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Mandarin · pinyin yáng#

Mandarin · pinyin Yáng#

abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州 Yáng zhōu in Jiangsu
surname Yang

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揚: Look up this written character
扬: yáng · scatter, spread; praise

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

joeng4

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character · Etymology 1

to lift; to raise; to hoist
to flutter (in the air)
to throw up and scatter (to winnow)
to spread; to make known
(Cantonese) to publicize; to make widely known
(Cantonese) tending to become known by others; tending to be publicized; obtrusive
Yangzhou
a surname, Yang

character · Etymology 2

a transliteration of the English surname Young

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