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yong¹

adjective yonger · yongest

  1. obsolete Obsolete spelling of young I ſpeake not like a dotard, nor a foole, As vnder priuiledge of age to bragge, What I haue done being yong, or what would doe, Were I not old, […]

Yong²

  • /jɔŋ/

Where it comes from

The romanization of various Chinese and Korean surnames, including Mandarin 雍 (Yōng), Cantonese 楊／杨 (joeng4), Hakka 楊／杨 (Yòng), Cantonese 容 (jung4), Korean 용(龍) (Yong), etc.

proper noun Yongs

  1. A surname.

Yong³

  • /jɔŋ/

Where it comes from

The pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 雍州 (Yōngzhōu, “Harmonious Province”).

proper noun

  1. historical Synonym of Yongzhou: any of various regions and provinces of ancient and early medieval China.

    Similar: Yongzhou

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: young, bravely, courage, bravery, boldly, rong, loon, hing, official, bathing, dung, ying, yang, suk, jong, british

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@misc{yong_2026,
  title = {yong},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yong},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}