陰陽 [阴阳]

Jyutping jam1 joeng4
Pinyin yīn yáng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. yin and yang
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    中國哲​學​嘅​概念​，​將​世上​事物​分做​陰同​陽​嘅​觀​念​，​兩者​相​對​又​互補​，​如​「​天地​」​、​「​明暗​」​、​「​男女​」​、​「​正負​」​、​「​生死​」​、​「​日月​」​、​「​上下​」
    yin yang, a concept in Chinese philosophy; refer to opposite but supplementary pairs like sky and earth, darkness and light, feminine and masculine, negative and positive, life and death, sun and moon, upward and downward etc.
    • 採陰補陽
      采阴补阳
      coi2 jam1 bou2 joeng4
      man to have sex with woman to gain feminine energy as a supplement to the masculine energy
    • 陰陽永隔
      阴阳永隔
      jam1 joeng4 wing5 gaak3
      separated forever by live and death
    • 陰陽曆
      阴阳历
      jam1 joeng4 lik6
      lunisolar calendar
    • 陰陽手
      阴阳手
      jam1 joeng4 sau2
      upward and downward hands
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, literary
    ancient Chinese astronomy, especially the study of the movement of celestial bodies
  2. noun, historical, literary
    yin-yang geomancer
  3. noun, Sichuanese
    fengshui master; geomancer
  4. noun
    cathode and anode (Short for 陰極. and Short for 陽極.)
  5. noun, Chinese
    yin and yang (☯) (two opposing forces in nature)
  6. noun, figuratively
    two contrasting things; antitheses
  7. noun, historical, literary
    occult arts such as astrology, divination, geomancy, etc.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    英文中没有阴阳性并不是因为英国人的文化偏向平等。
    英文中沒有陰陽性並不是因為英國人的文化偏向平等。
    yīng wén zhōng méi yǒu yīn yáng xìng bìng bù shì yīn wèi yīng guó rén de wén huà piān xiàng píng děng 。
    • The lack of gender in English is not due to the English having a more egalitarian culture.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    阴阳五行
    陰陽五行
    jam1 joeng4 ng5 hang4
    • Yin Yang, Five Elements
  2. Cantonese
    佢成日话自己有阴阳眼，可以见到幽灵。
    佢成日話自己有陰陽眼，可以見到幽靈。
    keoi5 seng4 jat6 waa6 zi6 gei2 jau5 jam1 joeng4 ngaan5, ho2 ji5 tai2 dou2 jau1 ling4.
    • He always claims that he has the ability to see ghosts.
  3. Cantonese
    一场交通意外令到妈妈同个仔阴阳相隔。
    一場交通意外令到媽媽同個仔陰陽相隔。
    • Mother and son were separated by death in a traffic accident.
  4. Cantonese
    阴阳永隔
    陰陽永隔
    jam1 joeng4 wing5 gaak3
    • separated forever by live and death
  5. Cantonese
    阴阳历
    陰陽曆
    jam1 joeng4 lik6
    • lunisolar calendar
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    阴阳之气有沴，其心闲而无事
    陰陽之氣有沴，其心閒而無事
    yīn yáng zhī qì yǒu 沴 ， qí xīn xián ér wú shì
    • His breath came and went in gasps: yet he was easy in his mind, and made no trouble of his condition