陰陽

See also: 阴阳

Chinese

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Etymology

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

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yīnyáng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣㄧㄤˊ

(Chengdu, SP): yin¹ yang²
Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ joeng⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yîm-yòng

(Meixian, Guangdong): yim¹ yong²
Min Dong (BUC): ĭng-iòng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): im-iông / im-iâng

(Teochew, Peng'im): im¹ iang⁵
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Shanghainese): ¹in-yan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīnyáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣㄧㄤˊ
  - 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/
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/
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)
  - Guangdong: yim¹ yong²
  - Sinological IPA: /im⁴⁴⁻³⁵ iɔŋ¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ĭng-iòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋyoŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-iông
  - Tâi-lô: im-iông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: im'ioong
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /im⁴⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /im³³ iɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-iâng
  - Tâi-lô: im-iâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: im'iaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /im⁴⁴⁻²² iaŋ¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: im¹ iang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: im iâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /im³³⁻²³ iaŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wugniu: ¹in-yan
  - Wiktionary Romanisation: ¹in-hhian
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ ɦiã²¹/

Middle Chinese: 'im yang

Rime
Character	陰	陽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於金切	與章切
Baxter	'im	yang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiɪm/	/jɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚim/	/jiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiem/	/iɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjim/	/jɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/ʔjəm/	/iaŋ/
Wang Li	/ĭĕm/	/jĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯əm/	/i̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yīn	yáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jam¹	joeng⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*q(r)um laŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*qrɯm laŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	陰	陽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yīn	yáng
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔim ›	‹ yang ›
Old Chinese	/*q(r)um/	/*laŋ/
English	dark	bright
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	陰	陽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	6623	14590
Phonetic component	今	昜
Rime group	侵	陽
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	音	陽
Old Chinese	/*qrɯm/	/*laŋ/

Noun

陰陽

(Chinese philosophy) yin and yang (☯) (two opposing forces in nature)
- 陰陽不測之謂神。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  阴阳不测之谓神。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE
  Yīnyáng bù cè zhī wèi shén. [Pinyin]
  That which can not be measured (in straightforward terms such as) (bad and good; negative and positive etc.) is called mysterious (or divine).
(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

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Derived terms

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

Sino-Xenic (陰陽):

→ Japanese: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
→ Korean: 음양(陰陽) (eumyang)
→ Vietnamese: âm dương (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

Others:

→ English: yin-yang, ying-yang
→ French: yin-yang
→ Portuguese: yin-yang
→ Russian: инь-ян (inʹ-jan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
陰	陽
おん Grade: S	よう > みょう Grade: 3
goon

Kanji in this term
陰	陽
おん Grade: S	よう Grade: 3
goon

Kanji in this term
陰	陽
いん Grade: S	よう Grade: 3
kan’on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 陰陽 (MC 'im yang). The yō reading for 陽 changes to myō as an instance of renjō (連声).

Noun

陰(いん)陽(よう) or 陰(おん)陽(よう) or 陰(おん)陽(みょう) • (in'yō or on'yō or onmyō)

yin-yang

Korean

Hanja in this term
陰	陽

Noun

陰陽 • (eumyang) (hangeul 음양)

Hanja form^? of 음양 (“yin-yang”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
陰	陽

Noun

陰陽

chữ Hán form of âm dương (“yin-yang”).

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