| 1 | 杨 | 楊 | yáng | yang2 | surname Yang; poplar | | |
| 2 | 杨柳 | 楊柳 | yáng liǔ | yang2 liu3 | willow tree; poplar and willow; name of traditional tune | | |
| 3 | 杨虎城 | 楊虎城 | yáng hǔ chéng | Yang2 Hu3 cheng2 | Yang Hucheng (1893-1949), Chinese warlord and Nationalist general | | |
| 4 | 杨树 | 楊樹 | yáng shù | yang2 shu4 | poplar tree; various trees of genus Populus | | |
| 5 | 杨柳低垂 | 楊柳低垂 | yáng liǔ dī chuí | yang2 liu3 di1 chui2 | willow branches hanging downward (idiom) | | |
| 6 | 杨梅 | 楊梅 | yáng méi | yang2 mei2 | Yangmei town in Taoyuan county 桃园县 , north Taiwan; red bayberry; Chinese bayberry; Japanese bayberry; Myrica rubra; Classifiers: 颗 | | |
| 7 | 杨梅镇 | 楊梅鎮 | yáng méi zhèn | Yang2 mei2 zhen4 | Yangmei town in Taoyuan county 桃园县 , north Taiwan | | |
| 8 | 杨凝式 | 楊凝式 | yáng níng shì | Yang2 Ning2 shi4 | Yang Ningshi (873-954) calligrapher of 5 dynasties period between Tang and Song | | |
| 9 | 杨浦区 | 楊浦區 | yáng pǔ qū | Yang2 pu3 qu1 | Yangpu district, central Shanghai | | |
| 10 | 杨锐 | 楊銳 | yáng ruì | Yang2 Rui4 | Yang Rui (1855-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898; Yang Rui (1963-), host of "Dialogue" on CCTV News | | |
| 11 | 杨森 | 楊森 | yáng sēn | Yang2 Sen1 | Yang Sen (1884-1977), Sichuan warlord and general | | |
| 12 | 杨尚昆 | 楊尚昆 | yáng shàng kūn | Yang2 Shang4 kun1 | Yang Shangkun (1907-1998), former president of PRC and military leader | | |
| 13 | 杨深秀 | 楊深秀 | yáng shēn xiù | Yang2 Shen1 xiu4 | Yang Shenxiu (1849-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 | | |
| 14 | 杨守仁 | 楊守仁 | yáng shǒu rén | Yang2 Shou3 ren2 | Yang Shouren (1912-2005), PRC agricultural scientist; Yang Shouren (16th century), Ming dynasty scholar | | |
| 15 | 杨陵区 | 楊陵區 | yáng líng qū | Yang2 ling2 Qu1 | Yangling District in Xianyang City 咸阳市 , Shaanxi | | |
| 16 | 杨桃 | 楊桃 | yáng táo | yang2 tao2 | carambola; star fruit | | |
| 17 | 杨维 | 楊維 | yáng wéi | Yang2 Wei2 | Yang Wei (1979-), PRC badminton player, women's doubles specialist | | |
| 18 | 杨秀清 | 楊秀清 | yáng xiù qīng | Yang2 Xiu4 qing1 | Yang Xiuqing (1821-1856), organizer and commander-in-chief of the Taiping Rebellion | | |
| 19 | 杨业 | 楊業 | yáng yè | Yang2 ye4 | famous Song dynasty family of warriors (c. 10th century AD), resisted the Liao 辽 and defended the Song; the subject of the popular fiction Yang Saga 杨家将 | | |
| 20 | 杨亿 | 楊億 | yáng yì | Yang2 Yi4 | Yang Yi (974-1020), Northern Song dynasty writer and poet | | |
| 21 | 杨玉环 | 楊玉環 | yáng yù huán | Yang2 Yu4 huan2 | Yang Yuhuan or Yang Guifei 杨贵妃 | | |
| 22 | 杨月清 | 楊月清 | yáng yuè qīng | Yang2 Yue4 qing1 | Yang Yueqing, Chinese-Canadian woman documentary film director | | |
| 23 | 杨振宁 | 楊振寧 | yáng zhèn níng | Yang2 Zhen4 ning2 | Chen Ning Yang (1922-), Chinese-born American physicist, 1957 Nobel Prize laureate in physics | | |
| 24 | 杨致远 | 楊致遠 | yáng zhì yuǎn | Yang2 Zhi4 yuan3 | Jerry Yang (1968-), Taiwan-US millionaire and creator of Yahoo | | |
| 25 | 杨朱 | 楊朱 | yáng zhū | Yang2 Zhu1 | Yang Zhu (c. 440-360 BC), Chinese philosopher advocating ethical egoism | | |