陰陽人

陰陽人

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnyángrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄧㄤˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ joeng⁴ jan⁴
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): yim¹ yong² ngin²
• Min Nan (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)⁺
    • 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 ɲin¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (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) 半公嫲 (Hakka) 阿倌 (Min Nan) 兩性人／两性人 (liǎngxìngrén)

半陰／半阴 (Min Nan) 半陰陽／半阴阳 (Min Nan) 半陰陽仔／半阴阳仔 (Min Nan) 間性人／间性人 (jiānxìngrén) 雙性人／双性人 (shuāngxìngrén)