English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- yin and yang
- yin yang
- ying-yang
- ying yang
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Mandarin 陰陽/阴阳 (yīnyáng), from Middle Chinese 陰陽 (MC ʔˠiɪm jɨɐŋ), from Old Chinese 陰陽 (OC *qrɯm laŋ), from 陰 (“dark” → “negative force”) + 陽 (“bright” → “positive force”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- enPR: yĭn yăng, IPA(key): /ˈjɪn ˈjæŋ/
Noun[edit]
yin-yang (plural yin-yangs)
- Yin and yang.
- A circular symbol with white and black sections (☯), representing the fusion of the concepts of yin and yang.
- (colloquial, somewhat vulgar) The vulva or vagina.
- 1998, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, page 124: U.S.S. Millicent asked Mario if he'd ever seen a girl's yin-yang before.
2009, Stanley William Rogal, What Passes for Love, page 76:
"So I took off my apron and told her she could shove the job up her ying-yang."
- (colloquial, somewhat vulgar) The
anus or rectum.
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!
2021 January 19, CBC News, “Saskatchewan will run out of COVID-19 vaccine in the next few days, Moe says”, in Saskatchewan[1]:
"... 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.
Derived terms[edit]
- up the yin-yang
Translations[edit]
yin and yang
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French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- yin et yang
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ji.njɑ̃ɡ/
Noun[edit]
yin-yang m (uncountable)
- (Chinese philosophy) yin-yang (opposite principles in Chinese philosophy)
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈjĩ ˈjɐ̃.ɡi/ [ˈjĩ ˈjɐ̃.ɡi]
Noun[edit]
yin-yang m (uncountable)
- (Chinese philosophy) yin-yang (opposite principles in Chinese philosophy)