揚〔扬〕 joeng⁴ {yáng}

(Cantonese) 1. to tell others 2. to make things obvious

揚〔扬〕 joeng⁴ {yáng}

1. to raise
2. to hoist
3. the action of tossing or winnowing
4. scattering (in the wind)
5. to flutter
6. to propagate

揚〔扬〕 joeng⁴ {Yáng}

1. abbr. for 揚州
2. surname Yang

揚棄〔扬弃〕 joeng⁴ hei³ {yáng qì}

verb; Philosophy: in metabolic process, develop the positive element in old stuff, and eliminate the negative element sublate; develop what is useful or healthy and discard what is not; It also mean throw away

揚揚〔扬扬〕 joeng⁴ joeng⁴ {yáng yáng}

to be pleased, delighted, victorious

揚鞭〔扬-〕 joeng⁴ bin¹ {yáng biān}

1. to whip on
2. to raise a whip
3. by ext. to swagger

揚菜〔扬-〕 joeng⁴ coi³ {Yáng cài}

Jiangsu cuisine

揚帆〔扬-〕 joeng⁴ faan⁴ {yáng fān}

to set sail

揚穀〔扬谷〕 joeng⁴ guk¹ {yáng gǔ}

to winnow

揚起〔扬-〕 joeng⁴ hei² {yáng qǐ}

1. to raise one's head
2. to perk up

揚雄〔扬-〕 joeng⁴ hung⁴ {Yáng Xióng}

Yang Xiong (53 BC-18 AD), scholar, poet and lexicographer, author of the first Chinese dialect dictionary 方言

揚言〔扬-〕 joeng⁴ jin⁴ {yáng yán}

1. to put about (a story, plan, threat etc)
2. to let it be known (esp. of threat or malicious story)
3. to threaten

揚琴〔扬-〕 joeng⁴ kam⁴ {yáng qín}

1. yangqin
2. dulcimer (hammered string musical instrument)

揚眉〔扬-〕 joeng⁴ mei⁴ {yáng méi}

to raise eyebrows

揚名〔扬-〕 joeng⁴ ming⁴ {yáng míng}

1. to become famous
2. to become notorious

揚州〔扬-〕 joeng⁴ zau¹ {Yáng zhōu}

Yangzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu

揚中〔扬-〕 joeng⁴ zung¹ {Yáng zhōng}

Yangzhong county level city in Zhenjiang 鎮江, Jiangsu

揚抑格〔扬--〕 joeng⁴ jik¹ gaak³ {yáng yì gé}

trochaic

揚聲器〔扬声-〕 joeng⁴ sing¹ hei³ {yáng shēng qì}

speaker

揚州市〔扬--〕 joeng⁴ zau¹ si⁵ {Yáng zhōu shì}

Yangzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu

揚子江〔扬--〕 joeng⁴ zi² gong¹ {Yáng zǐ jiāng}

1. Changjiang 長江 or Yangtze River
2. old name for Changjiang, especially lower reaches around Yangzhou 揚州

揚子鱷〔扬-鳄〕 joeng⁴ zi² ngok⁶ {yáng zǐ è}

Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)

揚中市〔扬--〕 joeng⁴ zung¹ si⁵ {Yáng zhōng shì}

Yangzhong county level city in Zhenjiang 鎮江, Jiangsu

揚眉吐氣〔扬--气〕 joeng⁴ mei⁴ tou³ hei³ {yáng méi tǔ qì}

verb; literally: exhale freely and expand the eyebrows. it means feel proud and elated after long period of stress or bad conditions; a feeling of exaltation upon fulfillment; appear very proud and self- satisfied; be elated

揚州炒飯〔扬--饭〕 joeng⁴ zau¹ caau² faan⁶ {Yáng zhōu chǎo fàn}

noun; Yeung Chow fried rice, is a style of Chinese fried rice

揚清激濁〔扬--浊〕 joeng⁴ cing¹ gik¹ zuk⁶ {yáng qīng jī zhuó}

1. lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom); fig. dispel evil and usher in good
2. eliminate vice and exalt virtue

揚長避短〔扬长--〕 joeng⁴ coeng⁴ bei⁶ dyun² {yáng cháng bì duǎn}

1. to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom)
2. to play to one's strengths

揚長而去〔扬长--〕 joeng⁴ coeng⁴ ji⁴ heoi³ {yáng cháng ér qù}

to shake one's sleeve and leave (idiom); to turn and leave abruptly

揚科維奇〔扬-维-〕 joeng⁴ fo¹ wai⁴ kei⁴ {Yáng kē wéi qí}

1. Jankovic
2. Yankovic
3. Yankovich
4. Jelena Jankovic (1985-), Serbian tennis player

揚名四海〔扬---〕 joeng⁴ ming⁴ sei³ hoi² {yáng míng sì hǎi}

known throughout the country (idiom); world-famous