| 扬 | yáng | to raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing; scattering (in the wind); to flutter; to propagate |
| 发扬 | fā yáng | to develop; to make full use of |
| 扬州 | Yáng zhōu | Yangzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu |
| 卷扬机 | juǎn yáng jī | a capstan |
| 飘扬 | piāo yáng | wave; flutter; fly |
| 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 |
| 颂扬 | sòng yáng | to eulogize; to praise |
| 飞扬 | fēi yáng | to rise; to fly upward |
| 斗志昂扬 | dòu zhì áng yáng | having high fighting spirit |
| 昂扬 | áng yáng | elated; high-spirited |
| 发扬光大 | fā yáng guāng dà | to advocate; to promote; to advertise; to carry out propaganda on behalf of; to carry forward; to bring to great height of development; to develop and promote |
| 悠扬 | yōu yáng | melodious; mellifluous |
| 宣扬 | xuān yáng | to proclaim; to make public or well known |
| 表扬 | biǎo yáng | to praise; to commend |
| 赞扬 | zàn yáng | to praise; to approve of; to show approval |
| 上扬 | shàng yáng | to rise (i.e. number increases); a price rise; to raise |
| 上扬趋势 | shàng yáng qū shì | upward trend; rising tendency |
| 传扬 | chuán yáng | to spread (by word of mouth) |
| 分道扬镳 | fēn dào yáng biāo | lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom); fig. to part ways |
| 奋武扬威 | fèn wǔ yáng wēi | a show of strength |
| 家丑不可外扬 | jiā chǒu bù kě wài yáng | lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public |
| 弘扬 | hóng yáng | to enhance; to promote; to enrich |
| 张扬 | zhāng yáng | to publicize; to make known; to show off; Zhang Yang (1967-), PRC film director and screenwriter |
| 得意扬扬 | dé yì yáng yáng | variant of 得意洋洋 |
| 志高气扬 | zhì gāo qì yáng | high-spirited and smug |
怪人奥尔・扬科维 奇 | guài rén Ào ěr · Yáng kē wéi qí | "Weird Al" Yankovic (1959-), US singer and writer of parody songs |
| 抑扬 | yì yáng | modulation (rising and falling pitch); intonation; a cadence; to rise and fall (of a body floating in water) |
| 抑扬升降性 | yì yáng shēng jiàng xìng | property of rising and lowering |
| 抑扬格 | yì yáng gé | iambic |
| 抑扬顿挫 | yì yáng dùn cuò | pattern or falling, remaining even and rising in pitch and rythm; inflection; intonation; cadence |
| 卷扬 | juǎn yáng | a whirlwind |
| 揄扬 | yú yáng | to praise; to extol; to publicize; to advocate |
| 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 |