"yin-yang" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈjɪn ˈjæŋ/ Audio: en-us-yin-yang.ogg [US], en-au-yin-yang.ogg [Australia] Forms: yin-yangs [plural]
enPR: yĭn yăng 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”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|陰陽}} 陰陽/阴阳 (yīnyáng), {{der|en|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|陰陽}} 陰陽 (MC 'im yang), {{der|en|och|-}} Old Chinese, {{och-l|陰陽|tr=*qrɯm laŋ}} 陰陽 (OC *qrɯm laŋ), {{zh-l|*陰|dark” → “negative force}} 陰 (“dark” → “negative force”), {{zh-l|*陽|bright” → “positive force}} 陽 (“bright” → “positive force”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} yin-yang (plural yin-yangs)
  1. Yin and yang. Translations (yin and yang): 𑜑𑜃𑜫 𑜆𑜥 (han pū) (Ahom), يِين وَيَانْغ (yīn wa-yanḡ) (Arabic), 陰陽 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 阴阳 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 陰陽 (Chinese Mandarin), 阴阳 (yīnyáng) (Chinese Mandarin), jin-jang (Finnish), yin-yang (French), Yin und Yang (German), यिन यांग (yin yāṅg) (Hindi), jin-jang (Hungarian), 陰陽 (alt: いんよう, in'yō; おんよう, on'yō; おんみょう, onmyō) (Japanese), 음양 (eumyang) (alt: 陰陽) (Korean), یین و یانگ (yin o yâng) (Persian), yin-yang [masculine] (Portuguese), инь-я́н (inʹ-ján) (Russian), инь и ян (inʹ i jan) (Russian), yin-yang [masculine] (Spanish), หยินหยาง (yin yang) (Thai), ین یانگ (yin yāṅg) (Urdu), يىن ياڭ (yin yang) (Uyghur), âm dương (alt: 陰陽) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-yin-yang-en-noun-t-qVJpDI Disambiguation of 'yin and yang': 79 20 0 1
  2. A circular symbol with white and black sections (), representing the fusion of the concepts of yin and yang. Translations (symbol): 太極圖 (Chinese Mandarin), 太极图 (tàijítú) (Chinese Mandarin), jin-jang (Finnish), yin-yang [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-yin-yang-en-noun-JhUZJdUH Disambiguation of 'symbol': 0 100 0 0
  3. (colloquial, somewhat vulgar) The vulva or vagina. Tags: colloquial, vulgar
    Sense id: en-yin-yang-en-noun--UwknAsq
  4. (colloquial, somewhat vulgar) The anus or rectum. Tags: colloquial, vulgar
    Sense id: en-yin-yang-en-noun-OhEZohud Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 30 2 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: yin and yang, yin yang, ying-yang, ying yang Derived forms: up the yin-yang, yin-yang fish

Noun [French]

IPA: /ji.njɑ̃ɡ/
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|-}} yin-yang m (uncountable)
  1. (Chinese philosophy) yin-yang (opposite principles in Chinese philosophy) Tags: Chinese, masculine, uncountable Categories (topical): Chinese philosophy Synonyms: yin et yang
    Sense id: en-yin-yang-fr-noun-NjmeJu0c Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

Noun [Portuguese]

IPA: /ˈjĩ ˈjɐ̃.ɡi/ [Brazil], /ˈjĩ ˈjɐ̃.ɡi/ [Brazil], /ˈjĩ ˈjɐ̃.ɡe/ [Southern-Brazil]
Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|-}} yin-yang m (uncountable)
  1. (Chinese philosophy) yin-yang (opposite principles in Chinese philosophy) Tags: Chinese, masculine, uncountable Categories (topical): Chinese philosophy
    Sense id: en-yin-yang-pt-noun-NjmeJu0c Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2009, Stanley William Rogal, What Passes for Love, page 76",
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          "ref": "2021 January 19, CBC News, “Saskatchewan will run out of COVID-19 vaccine in the next few days, Moe says”, in Saskatchewan",
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  "etymology_text": "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”).",
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        "Yin and yang."
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 January 19, CBC News, “Saskatchewan will run out of COVID-19 vaccine in the next few days, Moe says”, in Saskatchewan",
          "text": "\"... I'd be on that phone call every single day. I'd be up that guy's yin-yang so far with a firecracker he wouldn't know what hit him,\" the Ontario premier said of Pfizer's executives.",
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        }
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      "lang": "Ahom",
      "roman": "han pū",
      "sense": "yin and yang",
      "word": "𑜑𑜃𑜫 𑜆𑜥"
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      "sense": "yin and yang",
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      "sense": "yin and yang",
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      "sense": "yin and yang",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "yin and yang",
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      "sense": "yin and yang",
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      "code": "hu",
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    },
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      "alt": "いんよう, in'yō; おんよう, on'yō; おんみょう, onmyō",
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      "sense": "yin and yang",
      "word": "陰陽"
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      "roman": "eumyang",
      "sense": "yin and yang",
      "word": "음양"
    },
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "yin and yang",
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    },
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      "sense": "yin and yang",
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      ],
      "word": "yin-yang"
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "yin yang",
      "sense": "yin and yang",
      "word": "หยินหยาง"
    },
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      "word": "يىن ياڭ"
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      "sense": "yin and yang",
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      "word": "太極圖"
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      "word": "太极图"
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈjĩ ˈjɐ̃.ɡi/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjĩ ˈjɐ̃.ɡe/",
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