| 扬 | yáng | to raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing; scattering (in the wind); to flutter; to propagate |
| 扬州 | Yáng zhōu | Yangzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu |
| 扬言 | yáng yán | to put about (a story, plan, threat etc); to let it be known (esp. of threat or malicious story); to threaten |
| 扬中 | Yáng zhōng | Yangzhong county level city in Zhenjiang 镇江, Jiangsu |
| 扬中市 | Yáng zhōng shì | Yangzhong county level city in Zhenjiang 镇江, Jiangsu |
| 扬名 | yáng míng | to become famous; to become notorious |
| 扬名四海 | yáng míng sì hǎi | known throughout the country (idiom); world-famous |
| 扬子江 | Yáng zǐ jiāng | Changjiang 长江 or Yangtze River; old name for Changjiang, especially lower reaches around Yangzhou 扬州 |
| 扬州市 | Yáng zhōu shì | Yangzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu |
| 扬帆 | yáng fān | to set sail |
| 扬抑格 | yáng yì gé | trochaic |
| 扬清激浊 | yáng qīng jī zhuó | lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom); fig. dispel evil and usher in good; eliminate vice and exalt virtue |
| 扬琴 | yáng qín | yangqin; dulcimer (hammered string musical instrument) |
| 扬眉 | yáng méi | to raise eyebrows |
| 扬科维奇 | Yáng kē wéi qí | Jankovic; Yankovic; Yankovich; Jelena Jankovic (1985-), Serbian tennis player |
| 扬谷 | yáng gǔ | to winnow |
| 扬声器 | yáng shēng qì | speaker |
| 扬菜 | Yáng cài | Jiangsu cuisine |
| 扬起 | yáng qǐ | to raise one's head; to perk up |
| 扬长而去 | yáng cháng ér qù | to shake one's sleeve and leave (idiom); to turn and leave abruptly |
| 扬雄 | Yáng Xióng | Yang Xiong (53 BC-18 AD), scholar, poet and lexicographer, author of dialect dictionary 方言 |
| 扬鞭 | yáng biān | to whip on; to raise a whip; by ext. to swagger |
