剛柔

Chinese

		hard; firm; strong hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly	soft
trad. (剛柔)		剛	柔
simp. (刚柔)		刚	柔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāngróu

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ ㄖㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹ jau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāngróu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ ㄖㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gangróu
    • Wade–Giles: kang¹-jou²
    • Yale: gāng-róu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gangrou
    • Palladius: ганжоу (ganžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵⁵ ʐoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong¹ jau⁴
    • Yale: gōng yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong¹ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/

Noun

剛柔

1. (literary) strength and suppleness
2. (literary) yin and yang
3. (literary) day and night

Derived terms

• 剛柔並濟／刚柔并济
• 剛柔相濟／刚柔相济 (gāngróuxiāngjì)