Chinese

Noun

陰陽

1. dark and light; yin and yang; yin-yang; ☯

   陰陽不測之謂神。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

   阴阳不测之谓神。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: I Ching, 3rd – 2nd millennia BCE

   Yīnyáng bù cè zhī wèi shén. [Pinyin]

   That which can not be measured (in straightforward terms such as) (bad and good; negative and positive etc.) is called mysterious (or divine).

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Others

• → English: yin-yang

Japanese

Noun

陰陽 ‎(hiragana いんよう, romaji in'yō, alternative reading おんよう, romaji on'yō, alternative reading おんみょう, romaji onmyō)

1. yin-yang, (Yin and Yang)

See also

• 陰陽師 (in'yōji, on'yōji or Onmyōji) "yin-yang master/teacher"
• 陰陽道 (おんみょうどう, onmyōdō) "the way of yin & yang"

Korean

Noun

陰陽 • ‎(eumyang) ‎(hangeul 음양)

1. Hanja form^? of 음양, “yin-yang”.

Vietnamese

Noun

陰陽

1. Hán tự form of âm dương, “yin-yang”