陰陽合同

Chinese

		moonlight and sunlight; yin and yang	contract; agreement; congruence
trad. (陰陽合同)		陰陽	合同
simp. (阴阳合同)		阴阳	合同

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnyáng hétong

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄧㄤˊ ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄊㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ joeng⁴ hap⁶ tung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnyáng hétong
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄧㄤˊ ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄊㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinyáng héto̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-yang² ho²-tʻung⁵
    • Yale: yīn-yáng hé-tung
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inyang her.tong
    • Palladius: иньян хэтун (inʹjan xɛtun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵ xɤ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam¹ joeng⁴ hap⁶ tung⁴
    • Yale: yām yèuhng hahp tùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ joeng⁴ hap⁹ tung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ yêng⁴ heb⁶ tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹ hɐp̚² tʰʊŋ²¹/

Noun

陰陽合同

1. “yin-yang contracts”, i.e. two different contracts for the same work, where only the fake version with a lower payment is disclosed to tax authorities, allowing the person to evade taxes