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楊

简杨 · 繁楊

Mandarin · pinyin yáng#

poplar

Mandarin · pinyin Yáng#

surname Yang

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楊: Look up this written character
杨: yáng · willow, poplar, aspen; surname

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2 · yang2

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joeng4

Cantonese word readings for 楊. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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poplar; aspen; willow
used in 楊桃／杨桃 (yángtáo)
used in 楊梅／杨梅 (yángméi)
a surname, listed sixteenth in the Baijiaxing
Young (English given name)

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