Literally, youth, young or
youthful. However, "yung" has developed a numerous slang usages across the US, including:
1. Cool,
thug, or "fresh", referring to a person, place or thing
2. Can be used as an
amplifier word; i.e., it is used to bring emphasis to a phrase, particularly on the word it proceeds.
3. Similarly to (2), "yung" can also be used to indicate that the speaker/writer intends their sentence to be somewhat humorous.
Example:
1. "Bro! You come into some money? I see you got them yung Nikes!"
2. "Man I'm broke as hell.
I need that yung paycheck."
3. "I been sick all week. Straight
knockin on
death's yung door."