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
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
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 風水先生, 風水師 | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 風水師, 風水先生 |
Jinan | 風水先生, 風水仙 | |
Ürümqi | 風水先生 | |
Chengdu | 陰陽先生, 陰陽 | |
Guiyang | 陰陽先生 | |
Liuzhou | 風水佬 | |
Xuzhou | 陰陽先生, 陰陽先兒 | |
Yangzhou | 陰陽先生 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 風水佬 |
Hong Kong | 風水佬, 風水師 | |
Gan | Pingxiang | 地理先生 |
Hakka | Meixian | 風水先生, 地理先生 |
Yudu | 地理先生 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 風水先生 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 風水先生 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 風水先生 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 風水先生 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 風水先生 | |
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 | 風水先, 地理師, 地理仙 |
Quanzhou | 風水先 | |
Zhangzhou | 風水先, 地理仙, 堪輿仙 | |
Taipei | 風水仙, 地理仙 | |
New Taipei (Sanxia) | 地理仙, 牽羅經 | |
Kaohsiung | 地理師 | |
Yilan | 風水仙, 牽羅經 | |
Changhua (Lukang) | 風水師 | |
Taichung | 風水仙, 仙的 | |
Tainan | 地理師, 風水仙 | |
Hsinchu | 風水仙 | |
Kinmen | 風水仙 | |
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 |
Danyang | 冷先生, 風水先生 | |
Hangzhou | 風水先生, 陰陽先生 | |
Ningbo | 風水先生 | |
Wenzhou | 風水先生 | |
Jinhua | 風水先生 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 地神先生, 地理先生 |
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:
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
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