陰陽人

Chinese

		yin and yang	man; person; people
trad. (陰陽人)		陰陽	人
simp. (阴阳人)		阴阳	人
Literally: “yin-yang person”.

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnyángrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄧㄤˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ joeng⁴ jan⁴
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): yim¹ yong² ngin²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): im-iông-lâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnyángrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄧㄤˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinyángrén
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-yang²-jên²
    • Yale: yīn-yáng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inyangren
    • Palladius: иньянжэнь (inʹjanžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam¹ joeng⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: yām yèuhng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ joeng⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ yêng⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yim¹ yong² ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /im⁴⁴⁻³⁵ iɔŋ¹¹ ŋin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-iông-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: im-iông-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: im'ionglaang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /im⁴⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /im³³ iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /im⁴⁴⁻²² iɔŋ¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔŋ²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/

Noun

陰陽人

1. hermaphrodite; intersex person
2. (obsolete) fortuneteller
3. (Internet slang) two-faced person, troller (from 陰陽怪氣／阴阳怪气 (yīnyángguàiqì))

Synonyms

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• 二尾子 (èryǐzi) (regional, derogatory)
• 二性子 (èrxìngzi)
• 兩性人 / 两性人 (liǎngxìngrén)
• 半公嫲 (Hakka)
• 半陰 / 半阴 (Min Nan)
• 半陰陽 / 半阴阳 (Hokkien, Puxian Min)
• 半陰陽仔 / 半阴阳仔 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 間性人 / 间性人 (jiānxìngrén)
• 阿倌 (Min Nan)
• 雙性人 / 双性人 (shuāngxìngrén)