阴阳 Chinese English dictionary 阴阳 translate 阴阳 pinyin

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阴阳

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
阴阳 yīnyáng	阴阳 \| 阴阳* \| *阴阳	yin and yang	陰陽

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
阴	阴 \| 阴* \| *阴	6画阜阝 + 4	yīn, yìn, ān	'female' principle; dark; secret	jam1	陰 7722 NLB


阳	阳 \| 阳* \| *阳	6画阜阝 + 4	yáng	'male' principle; light; sun	joeng4	陽 7620 NLA

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
阴阳 yīnyáng	阴阳 \| 阴阳* \| *阴阳	yin and yang


阴 Yīn	阴 \| 阴* \| *阴	surname Yin


阴 yīn	阴 \| 阴* \| *阴	overcast (weather) / cloudy / shady / Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) / negative (electric.) / feminine / moon / implicit / hidden / genitalia


阴 yīn	阴 \| 阴* \| *阴	variant of 陰｜阴


阳　yáng	阳 \| 阳* \| *阳	positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰｜阴