# 陰陽
## Chinese

* 陰陽

### 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): ㄧㄣ ㄧㄤˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yin$^1$ yang$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jam$^1$ joeng$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yîm-yòng
    (Meixian, Guangdong): yim$^1$ yong$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ĭng-iòng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): im-iông / im-iâng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): im$^1$ iang$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$in-yan
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yīnyáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄧㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yinyáng
*** Wade–Giles: yin$^1$-yang$^2$
*** Yale: yīn-yáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inyang
*** Palladius: иньян (inʹjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /in⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: yin$^1$ yang$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: injang
*** Sinological IPA : /in⁵⁵ iaŋ²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jam$^1$ joeng$^4$
*** Yale: yām yèuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jam$^1$ joeng$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yem$^1$ yêng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐm⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîm-yòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: im$^ˊ$ iong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yim$^1$ yong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /im²⁴ i̯oŋ¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîm-yòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)im$^ˊ$ (r)iong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yim$^1$ yong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)im²⁴ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: yim$^1$ yong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /im⁴⁴⁻³⁵ iɔŋ¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ĭng-iòng
*** Sinological IPA : /iŋ⁵⁵ $^{(Ø-)}$ŋyoŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (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: im$^1$ iang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: im iâng
*** Sinological IPA : /im³³⁻²³ iaŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$in-yan
*** MiniDict: in$^平$ yan
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$in-hhian
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔi̯əm/ | /i̯aŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yīn | yáng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jam$^1$ | joeng$^4$ |
* 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)
    From: I Ching, 11th – 8th 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

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 風水先生, 風水師, 堪輿家, 堪輿師 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 風水師, 風水先生 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 風水先生, 風水仙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 陰陽先生, 陰陽先兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 風水先生 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 陰陽先生, 陰陽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 陰陽先生 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 風水佬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 陰陽先生 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 風水佬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 風水佬, 風水師 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 地理先生 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 風水先生, 地理先生 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 地理先生 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 風水先生 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 風水先生 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 風水先生 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 風水先生 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 風水先生 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 地理先生 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 地理先生 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 陰陽先生, 陰陽匠, 風水先生 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 地理先生 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 風水仙, 地理師, 地理仙, 牽羅經 dated |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 風水仙, 牽羅經 dated, 牽經 dated |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 風水仙, 地理仙, 堪輿仙, 牽羅經 dated |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 風水仙, 地理仙 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 地理仙, 牽羅經 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 地理師 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 風水仙, 牽羅經 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 風水師 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 風水仙, 仙的 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 地理師, 風水仙 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 風水仙 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 風水仙 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 風水仙 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 風水佬, 地理先生 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 風水先生, 風鑒先生 dated |
| Wu | Danyang | 冷先生, 風水先生 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 風水先生, 陰陽先生 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 風水先生 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 風水先生 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 風水先生 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 地神先生, 地理先生 |

#### 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

* → Japanese: 陰陽(いんよう) (in'yō)
* → Korean: 음양(陰陽) (eumyang)
* → Vietnamese: âm dương (陰陽)
Others:
* → English: yin-yang, ying-yang
* → French: yin-yang
* → Portuguese: yin-yang
* → Russian: инь-ян (inʹ-jan)

### Verb

陰陽
* (colloquial, slang) to speak or act in a sarcastic or ironic way; to insinuate; to mock in a disguised manner; to be passive-aggressive, see 陰陽怪氣

## 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

### See also

* 陰(いん)陽(よう)師(じ) (in'yōji) / 陰(おん)陽(よう)師(じ) (on'yōji) / 陰(おん)陽(みょう)師(じ) (onmyōji, “yin-yang master/teacher”)
* 陰(おん)陽(みょう)道(どう) (onmyōdō, “the way of yin and 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”).