yang
A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright,…A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, etc. elements of the natural world.
» The yin is dark, while the yang bright.
Їнь - темне, а Ян - світле.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, etc. elements of the natural world.
Yang
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янjan
the bright positive masculine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology
The monetary unit of Korea from 1892 to 1902, divided into 100 pun.
The cry of the wild goose; a honk.
Examples
6 sentencesThe yin is dark, while the yang bright.
Їнь - темне, а Ян - світле.
The yin is feminine and the yang is masculine.
Їнь - то жіноче, а ян - чоловіче.
ruИнь — женское начало, а ян — мужское.
deDas Yin ist weiblich, und das Yang ist männlich.
The opposites yin and yang pursue each other through time.
deDie Gegensätze - Yin und Yang - streben nacheinander bis ans Ende der Zeit.
The Yin and the Yang are complementary rather than opposite forces.
Їнь та Ян - взаємодоповнюючі, а не протидійні сили.
ruИнь и Ян - скорее дополняющие друг друга, чем противоположные силы.
deYing und Yang sind eher einander ergänzende als entgegengesetzte Kräfte.
Yang doesn't like my friend.
Translations
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Origin
From early romanizations of Chinese 陽/阳 (yáng), originally in reference to the sunny sideFrom early romanizations of Chinese 陽/阳 (yáng), originally in reference to the sunny side of areas such as mountains and dwellings.
From Korean 양(兩) (yang, “yang, tael”). Doublet of liang.
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Forms
plural: yangsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable