陰陽

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.”.

陰陽

1. (Chinese philosophy) yin and yang (☯) (two opposing forces in nature)

   • 陰陽不測之謂神。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     阴阳不测之谓神。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE

     Yīnyáng bù cè zhī wèi shén. [Pinyin]

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

2. (figurative) two contrasting things; antitheses
3. (literary) ancient Chinese astronomy, especially the study of the movement of celestial bodies
4. (literary, historical) occult arts such as astrology, divination, geomancy, etc.
5. (literary, historical) yin-yang geomancer
6. (physics) cathode and anode (short for 陰極 and short for 陽極)
7. (Sichuanese) fengshui master; geomancer

Others:

• → English: yin-yang, ying-yang
• → French: yin-yang
• → Portuguese: yin-yang
• → Russian: инь-ян (inʹ-jan)

陰陽

1. (colloquial, slang) to speak or act in a sarcastic or ironic way; to insinuate; to mock in a disguised manner; to be passive-aggressive, see 陰陽怪氣 / 阴阳怪气 (yīnyángguàiqì).

From Middle Chinese 陰陽 (MC 'im yang). The yō reading for 陽 changes to myō as an instance of renjō (連声).

• (Tokyo) いんよー [íꜜǹ'yòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) いんよー [ìń'yóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ĩɰ̃jo̞ː]

• (Tokyo) おんよー [óꜜǹ'yòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) おんよー [òń'yóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [õ̞ɰ̃jo̞ː]

• (Tokyo) おんみょー [óꜜǹmyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) おんみょー [òńmyóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [õ̞mʲːo̞ː]

陰(いん)陽(よう) or 陰(おん)陽(よう) or 陰(おん)陽(みょう) • (in'yō or on'yō or onmyō) 

1. yin-yang

• 陰(おん)陽(よう)師(じ) (on'yōji) / 陰(おん)陽(みょう)師(じ) (onmyōji, “yin-yang master/teacher”)
• 陰(おん)陽(みょう)道(どう) (onmyōdō, “the way of yin and yang”)

陰陽 • (eumyang) (hangeul 음양)

1. hanja form^? of 음양 (“yin-yang”)

陰陽

1. chữ Hán form of âm dương (“yin-yang”)