粵

陰jam1陽joeng4

simp阴阳
jam1 joeng4yīn yáng

English

  1. yin and yang
  2. 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.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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」

Examples

  • 我是陰陽人。

    I'm intersex.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 里瑪患有陰陽人症。

    Rima has an intersex condition.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 湯姆發現自己是陰陽人。

    Tom found out he was intersex.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 陰陽人與跨性別是兩碼事。

    Intersex and trans are two different things.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 世界上陰陽人比猶太人數量還多。

    There are more intersex people in the world than there are Jewish people.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 殘害陰陽人嬰兒幾乎是每個恐跨者都支持的事情。

    Mutilating intersex babies is something almost every transphobe supports.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 陰陽曆

    lunisolar calendar

  • 陰陽手

    upward and downward hands

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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