yang /ˈjeɪ̯ŋ/noun 3verb 1forms 3 noun3 •in Chinese thinking, the bright, hot and male force in nature that works together with its opposite •The cry of the wild goose; a honk.Hangs is a false word, — a Northern corruption of the negro dialect yang, — an onomatopoeian word, representing the "far heard clang" of the wild goose. — 1867 •The monetary unit of Korea from 1892 to 1902, divided into 100 pun. verb1 •(rare) To make the cry of the wild goose.Away they went, the colt in the lead and the pinto after, until they reached the bunch of cottonwoods far up the stream where the yanging wild geese had their nests. — 1902 formsyanged · yanging · yangs