陰陽
See also: 阴阳
Chinese
[edit](of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady |
positive (electric.); sun; male | ||
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trad. (陰陽) | 陰 | 陽 | |
simp. (阴阳) | 阴 | 阳 | |
Literally: “moonlight (dark) and sunlight (light)”. |
Etymology
[edit]Yin later came to be associated with “female, dark, soft, passive, etc.”, and yang later came to be associated with “male, light, hard, active, etc.”.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yin1 yang2
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jam1 joeng4
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): ĭng-iòng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1in-yan
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄧㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yinyáng
- Wade–Giles: yin1-yang2
- Yale: yīn-yáng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inyang
- Palladius: иньян (inʹjan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /in⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: yin1 yang2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: injang
- Sinological IPA (key): /in⁵⁵ iaŋ²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jam1 joeng4
- Yale: yām yèuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: jam1 joeng4
- Guangdong Romanization: yem1 yêng4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐm⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîm-yòng
- Hakka Romanization System: im´ iongˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yim1 yong2
- Sinological IPA: /im²⁴ i̯oŋ¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîm-yòng
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)im´ (r)iongˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yim1 yong2
- Sinological IPA: /(j)im²⁴ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ĭng-iòng
- Sinological IPA (key): /iŋ⁵⁵ (Ø-)ŋyoŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: 'im yang
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*q(r)um laŋ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*qrɯm laŋ/
Noun
[edit]陰陽
- (Chinese philosophy) yin and yang (☯) (two opposing forces in nature)
- (figurative) two contrasting things; antitheses
- (literary) ancient Chinese astronomy, especially the study of the movement of celestial bodies
- (literary, historical) occult arts such as astrology, divination, geomancy, etc.
- (literary, historical) yin-yang geomancer
- (physics) cathode and anode (Short for 陰極. and Short for 陽極.)
- (Sichuanese) fengshui master; geomancer
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- 燮理陰陽/燮理阴阳
- 調理陰陽/调理阴阳
- 陰陽不將/阴阳不将
- 陰陽五行/阴阳五行
- 陰陽交錯/阴阳交错
- 陰陽人/阴阳人 (yīnyángrén)
- 陰陽先生/阴阳先生
- 陰陽兩隔/阴阳两隔
- 陰陽司/阴阳司
- 陰陽合曆/阴阳合历
- 陰陽和/阴阳和
- 陰陽學/阴阳学
- 陰陽宅/阴阳宅
- 陰陽家/阴阳家 (yīnyángjiā)
- 陰陽對轉/阴阳对转
- 陰陽工/阴阳工
- 陰陽怪氣/阴阳怪气 (yīnyángguàiqì)
- 陰陽慘舒/阴阳惨舒
- 陰陽易位/阴阳易位
- 陰陽曆/阴阳历 (yīnyánglì)
- 陰陽書/阴阳书
- 陰陽水/阴阳水
- 陰陽海/阴阳海
- 陰陽火/阴阳火
- 陰陽生/阴阳生
- 陰陽界/阴阳界
- 陰陽祕書/阴阳秘书
- 陰陽移/阴阳移
- 陰陽竹/阴阳竹
- 陰陽臉/阴阳脸
- 陰陽鏡/阴阳镜
- 陰陽間隔/阴阳间隔
- 顛倒陰陽/颠倒阴阳
Descendants
[edit]Others:
- → English: yin-yang, ying-yang
- → French: yin-yang
- → Portuguese: yin-yang
- → Russian: инь-ян (inʹ-jan)
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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陰 | 陽 |
おん Grade: S |
よう > みょう Grade: 3 |
goon |
Kanji in this term | |
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陰 | 陽 |
おん Grade: S |
よう Grade: 3 |
goon |
Kanji in this term | |
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陰 | 陽 |
いん Grade: S |
よう Grade: 3 |
kan'on |
Etymology
[edit]From Middle Chinese 陰陽 (MC 'im yang). The yō reading for 陽 changes to myō as an instance of renjō (連声).
Noun
[edit]陰陽 or 陰陽 or 陰陽 • (in'yō or on'yō or onmyō)
See also
[edit]- 陰陽師 (in'yōji) / 陰陽師 (on'yōji) / 陰陽師 (onmyōji, “yin-yang master/teacher”)
- 陰陽道 (onmyōdō, “the way of yin and yang”)
Korean
[edit]Hanja in this term | |
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陰 | 陽 |
Noun
[edit]Vietnamese
[edit]chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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陰 | 陽 |
Noun
[edit]陰陽
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