阴阳

simpl.		阴阳
trad.		陰陽

Mandarin

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ jɪn˥˥iaŋ˧˥ ]

Etymology

• Root meaning: moonlight (dark) and sunlight (light). Yin later came to be associated with female, negative etc. Yang later came to be associated with male, positive etc.
• c. 479 BCE - 221 BCE: Confucius, 周易/系辞上#第五章 (Zhou Yi, Appended Words Part one, Chapter five)

  阴阳不测之谓神

  That which can not be measured (in straight forward terms such as) black and white (bad and good; negative and positive etc.) is called mysterious (or divine)

Noun

阴阳 (simplified, Pinyin yīnyáng, traditional 陰陽)

1. negative and positive; yin and yang; yin-yang; ☯

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Min Nan

Pronunciation

• (Quanzhou, Xiamen) IPA: [ ɪm˧˧iɔŋ˧˥ ]
• (Zhangzhou:) IPA: [ ɪm˧˧iaŋ˧˥ ]

Noun

阴阳 (simplified, POJ im-iông or im-iâng, traditional 陰陽)

1. negative and positive; yin and yang; yin-yang; ☯