yuanyang
Syllables: Yuan·yang
yuanyang noun: a pair of mandarin ducks, one male and one female, as a symbol of faithful union.
Noun
yuanyang (countable and uncountable, plural yuanyangs)
- A pair of mandarin ducks, one male and one female, as a symbol of faithful union.
- The yuanyang are the male and female respectively of Anas galericulata, commonly called by Europeans "Mandarin duck." These beautiful water-fowl manifest when mated a singular degree of attachment for each other, and they have hence been elevated into the emblems of connubial affection and fidelity.1889, Congressional Serial Set, page 460
- Yuanyang, the Mandarin duck, mates for life, and is hence a symbol of conjugal felicity.2006, Pi-Ching Hsu, Beyond Eroticism: A Historian's Reading of Humor in Feng Menglong's Child's Folly
- Synonym of yuenyeung.
- Yuanyang, sometimes also called Ying Yong, is a popular beverage in Hong Kong, made of a mixture of coffee and Hong-style milk tea.2012, Avani Burdett, Delicatessen Cookbook - Burdett's Delicatessen Recipes, →ISBN
- It is even enjoyed as a unique half tea, half coffee milky mix, yuanyang, a conjugal pairing as disparate as male and female Mandarin ducks (yes, it gets its name from the ducks).2013, Andrew Dalby, The Breakfast Book, →ISBN, page 92
- Synonyms:
- yuenyeung
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Yuanyang
Yuanyang
- A county of Honghe, Yunnan, China.
- The same report also said that between six and seven thousand Moslems in Yuanyang County, Yunnan Province, staged an armed uprising last July.1975 December 28, “Calling for independence”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVI, number 51, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 3
- Yuanyang terraced fields lie within the Yuanyang county of Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, on the south part of Ailao Mountain, They are majestic and extend through the whole of Honghe, Yuanyang, Lüchun and Jinping counties on the south bank of the Honghe River. Only...2010, Dong Huai, “Yuanyang Terraced Fields”, in Discovering China: 50 Amazing Places in China, Better Link Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 140
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Yuanyang
Yuanyang
Examples of yuanyang in a sentence
- May the pair of yuanyang 鸳鸯 augur well for our proposed union with Dominant Duck," said Susie gaily.2016, Matt Huang, Grace Hsu, Young China Hand, →ISBN:
- Yuanyang is also a popular drink mixed with milk tea and coffee.2015, T Turner, Hong Kong 2016 - : Have an Adventure!:
- It comes as no surprise that Hong Kongers have discovered the joys of combining tea and coffee to create yuanyang.2016, Michael Zee, SymmetryBreakfast, →ISBN, page 133:
Synonyms of yuanyang
Forms of yuanyang
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Origin of yuanyang
Borrowed from Mandarin 鴛鴦 /鸳鸯 (yuānyāng, literally “male (鴛) and female (鴦) mandarin duck”).
From Mandarin 元陽 /元阳 (Yuányáng).
From Mandarin 原陽 /原阳 (Yuányáng).
Words formed from yuanyang
Phrases with yuanyang
Questions about yuanyang
- What does yuanyang mean?
- Yuanyang means a pair of mandarin ducks, one male and one female, as a symbol of faithful union.
- How do you use yuanyang in a sentence?
- May the pair of yuanyang 鸳鸯 augur well for our proposed union with Dominant Duck," said Susie gaily.
- What part of speech is yuanyang?
- Yuanyang can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of yuanyang?
- The plural of yuanyang is yuanyangs.
Words near yuanyang in the dictionary
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