太陰

See also: 太阴

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady
trad. (太陰)		太	陰
simp. (太阴)		太	阴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàiyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ jam¹
• Min Nan (POJ): thài-im

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: tàiyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄧㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tayin
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ jam¹
    • Yale: taai yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ yem¹
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɑːi̯³³ jɐm⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-im
    • Tâi-lô: thài-im
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tae'ym
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰaɪ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ im³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ im⁴⁴/

Adjective

太陰

1. lunar

Noun

太陰

1. the moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. (literary) extreme coldness

Synonyms

• 月亮 (yuèliàng)

See also

• 太陽／太阳 (tàiyáng)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

太陰 (taiin): the moon.

Kanji in this term
太	陰
たい Grade: 2	いん Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 太陰 (/tʰɑi^H ʔˠiɪm/ , “the moon”, literally “great dark, great yin”). Compare 太陽 (taiyō, “the sun”, literally “great light, great yang”). The kan'on reading, so either a later borrowing or a later development within Japan.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) たいいん [tàííń] (Heiban - [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠iĩɴ]

Noun

太陰 (hiragana たいいん, rōmaji taiin)

1. great yin, ⚏
2. the moon

Synonyms

• 月 (つき) (tsuki)
• ムーン (mūn)

Antonyms

• 太陽 (たいよう) (taiyō): great yang, ⚌

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 太 (たい)陰 (いん)暦 (れき) (taiinreki): lunar calendar
• 太 (たい)陽 (よう)太 (たい)陰 (いん)暦 (れき) (taiyō-taiinreki): lunisolar calendar

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
太	陰
たい Grade: 2	おん Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 太陰. The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠iõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

太陰 (hiragana たいおん, rōmaji Taion)

1. short for 太陰神 (たいおんじん) (Taionjin), goddess of the moon and one of the eight central gods in the Onmyōdō religion

Usage notes

This reading appears to be less common than Daion below.

Etymology 3

太陰 (Daion): the Onmyōdō moon goddess.

Kanji in this term
太	陰
だい Grade: 2	おん Grade: S
on'yomi

Sound shift from Taion above, replacing the standard goon and kan'on reading of tai for 太 with the kan'yōon of dai. Probably influenced by the dai reading of the character 大, which is also sometimes used to spell this name, as seen in the illustration at right.

Pronunciation

• Kan’yōyomi
  • (Tokyo) だいおん [dàíóń] (Heiban - [0])
  • IPA^(key): [da̠iõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

太陰 (hiragana だいおん, rōmaji Daion)

1. short for 太陰神 (だいおんじん) (Daionjin), goddess of the moon and one of the eight central gods in the Onmyōdō religion