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Chinese
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(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady
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positive (electric.); sun; male
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trad. (陰陽)
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陰
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陽
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simp. (阴阳)
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阴
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阳
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Literally: “moonlight (dark) and sunlight (light)”.
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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
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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陰
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陽
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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yīn
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yáng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ ʔim ›
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‹ yang ›
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Old Chinese
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/*q(r)um/
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/*laŋ/
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English
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dark
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bright
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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陰
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陽
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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6623
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14590
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Phonetic component
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今
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昜
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Rime group
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侵
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陽
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Rime subdivision
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1
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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音
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陽
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Old Chinese
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/*qrɯm/
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/*laŋ/
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Noun
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
Dialectal synonyms of
風水先生 (“fengshui master; geomancer”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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風水先生, 風水師, 堪輿家, 堪輿師
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Taiwan
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風水師, 風水先生
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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風水先生, 風水仙
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Xuzhou
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陰陽先生, 陰陽先兒
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Ürümqi
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風水先生
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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陰陽先生, 陰陽
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Guiyang
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陰陽先生
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Liuzhou
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風水佬
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Yangzhou
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陰陽先生
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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風水佬
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Hong Kong
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風水佬, 風水師
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Gan
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Pingxiang
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地理先生
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Hakka
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Meixian
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風水先生, 地理先生
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Yudu
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地理先生
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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風水先生
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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風水先生
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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風水先生
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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風水先生
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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風水先生
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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地理先生
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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地理先生
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Jin
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Xinzhou
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陰陽先生, 陰陽匠, 風水先生
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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地理先生
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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風水仙, 地理師, 地理仙, 牽羅經 dated
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Quanzhou
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風水仙, 牽羅經 dated, 牽經 dated
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Zhangzhou
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風水仙, 地理仙, 堪輿仙, 牽羅經 dated
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Taipei
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風水仙, 地理仙
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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地理仙, 牽羅經
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Kaohsiung
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地理師
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Yilan
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風水仙, 牽羅經
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Changhua (Lukang)
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風水師
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Taichung
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風水仙, 仙的
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Tainan
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地理師, 風水仙
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Hsinchu
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風水仙
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Kinmen
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風水仙
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Penghu (Magong)
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風水仙
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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風水佬, 地理先生
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Wu
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Shanghai
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風水先生, 風鑒先生 dated
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Danyang
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冷先生, 風水先生
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Hangzhou
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風水先生, 陰陽先生
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Ningbo
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風水先生
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Wenzhou
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風水先生
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Jinhua
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風水先生
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Xiang
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Changsha
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地神先生, 地理先生
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Derived terms
Descendants
Others:
Japanese
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
陰陽 or 陰陽 or 陰陽 • (in'yō or on'yō or onmyō)
- yin-yang
See also
Korean
Noun
陰陽 • (eumyang) (hangeul 음양)
- hanja form? of 음양 (“yin-yang”)
Vietnamese
Noun
陰陽
- chữ Hán form of âm dương (“yin-yang”).