阴阳 meaning in English

yīnyáng

yin and yang

Traditional 陰陽12 strokes

Meaning of 阴阳

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yīnyáng
  1. yin and yang

阴阳 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ是shì阴yīn阳yáng人rén。
I'm intersex.
汤tāng姆mǔ发fā现xiàn自zì己jǐ是shì阴yīn阳yáng人rén。
Tom found out he was intersex.
世shì界jiè上shàng阴yīn阳yáng人rén比bǐ犹yóu太tài人rén数shù量liàng还hái多duō。
There are more intersex people in the world than there are Jewish people.
残cán害hài阴yīn阳yáng人rén婴yīng儿ér几jī乎hū是shì每měi个gè恐kǒng跨kuà者zhě都dōu支zhī持chí的de事shì情qíng。
Mutilating intersex babies is something almost every transphobe supports.
里lǐ玛mǎ患huàn有yǒu阴yīn阳yáng人rén症zhèng。
Rima has an intersex condition.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

阴 yīn · overcast · 6 strokes

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阳 yáng · the male principle · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 阴阳.

太阳tàiyángsun; sunlight; sunshine
阴天yīntiāncloudy day; overcast sky
阳光yángguāngsunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic
阳台yángtáibalcony; porch
阴谋yīnmóuto conspire; to plot; a conspiracy; a plot
阴影yīnyǐng(lit. and fig.) shadow
太阳能tàiyángnéngsolar energy
阴暗yīn'àndim; dark
阴性yīnxìngnegative; feminine
晒太阳shài tàiyángto be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc); to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it)
阳性yángxìngpositive; masculine
阴茎yīnjīngpenis

Questions about 阴阳

What does 阴阳 mean?

阴阳 (yīnyáng) means "yin and yang".

How do you write 阴阳?

阴阳 is made of 2 characters: 阴 (6 strokes), 阳 (6 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

How is 阴阳 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 阴阳 is written 陰陽.