noun
Meaning 1
Yin and yang.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Colloquial Variant guide
yin-yang
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Pronunciation
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yĭn yăng
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/ˈjɪn ˈjæŋ/
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proscribed: /ˈjɪŋ ˈjæŋ/
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noun
Meaning 2
A circular symbol with white and black sections (☯), representing the fusion of the concepts of yin and yang.
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noun
Meaning 3
The vulva or vagina.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, vulgar
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noun
Meaning 4
The anus or rectum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, vulgar
Examples
- He thought he could smuggle the drugs over the border by putting them in capsules and stuffing them up his yin-yang. Not a good idea!
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 陰陽/阴阳 (yīnyáng), from Middle Chinese 陰陽 (MC 'im yang), from Old Chinese 陰陽 (OC *qrɯm laŋ), from 陰 (“dark” → “negative force”) + 陽 (“bright” → “positive force”).
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Ahom: 𑜑𑜃𑜫 𑜆𑜥 (han pū) — yin and yang
- Arabic: يِين وَيَانْغ (yīn wa-yanḡ) — yin and yang
- Chinese: 陰陽 /阴阳 (zh-min-nan) — yin and yang
- Chinese Mandarin: 陰陽 /阴阳 (yīnyáng) — yin and yang
- Finnish: jin-jang — yin and yang
- French: yin-yang — yin and yang
- German: Yin und Yang — yin and yang
- Hindi: यिन यांग (yin yāṅg) — yin and yang
- Hungarian: jin-jang — yin and yang
- Japanese: 陰陽 — yin and yang
- Korean: 음양 (eumyang) — yin and yang
- Persian: یین و یانگ (yin o yâng) — yin and yang
- Portuguese: yin-yang — yin and yang
- Russian: инь-я́н (inʹ-ján) — yin and yang
- Russian: инь и ян (inʹ i jan) — yin and yang
- Spanish: yin-yang — yin and yang
- Thai: หยินหยาง (yin yang) — yin and yang
- Ukrainian: їнь-ян (jinʹ-jan) — yin and yang
- Urdu: ین یانگ (yin yāṅg) — yin and yang
- Uyghur: يىن ياڭ (yin yang) — yin and yang
- Vietnamese: âm dương — yin and yang
- Chinese Mandarin: 太極圖 /太极图 (tàijítú) — symbol
- Finnish: jin-jang — symbol
- Portuguese: yin-yang — symbol