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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thài-im

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàiyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàiyin
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-yin¹
    • Yale: tài-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tayin
    • Palladius: тайинь (tajinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ jam¹
    • Yale: taai yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ jɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-im
    • Tâi-lô: thài-im
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tae'ym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ im³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ im⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: thajH 'im

Rime
Character	太	陰
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	他蓋切	於金切
Baxter	thajH	'im
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑiH/	/ʔˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑiH/	/ʔᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑiH/	/ʔiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰajH/	/ʔjim/
Li Rong	/tʰɑiH/	/ʔjəm/
Wang Li	/tʰɑiH/	/ĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰɑiH/	/ʔi̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tài	yīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taai3	jam1

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 太陰

1. lunar

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 太陰

1. the moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)

Synonyms

• 月亮 (yuèliang)

See also

• 太陽／太阳 (tàiyáng)

(deprecated template usage)

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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 (tʰɑiᴴ 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.

Noun

太(たい)陰(いん) • (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) (taīnreki): lunar calendar
• 太(たい)陽(よう)太(たい)陰(いん)暦(れき) (taiyō-taīnreki): 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 (tʰɑi^H ʔˠiɪm). The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.

Proper noun

太(たい)陰(おん) • (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.

Proper noun

太(だい)陰(おん) • (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

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Korean

Hanja in this term
太	陰

Noun

太陰 • (taeeum) (hangeul 태음)

1. Hanja form^? of 태음 (“the moon”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
太	陰

Noun

太陰

1. chữ Hán form of thái âm (“the moon”).