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yin-yang

/ˈjɪn ˈjæŋ/

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yin-yang noun: yin and yang.

yin-yang: yin and yang
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Noun

yin-yang (plural yin-yangs)

  1. Yin and yang.
  2. A circular symbol with white and black sections (☯), representing the fusion of the concepts of yin and yang.
  3. (colloquial, vulgar) The vulva or vagina.
    • U.S.S. Millicent asked Mario if he'd ever seen a girl's yin-yang before.1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 124
    • "So I took off my apron and told her she could shove the job up her yin-yang."2009, Stanley William Rogal, What Passes for Love, page 76
  4. (colloquial, 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!
    • "... 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.2021 January 19, CBC News, “Saskatchewan will run out of COVID-19 vaccine in the next few days, Moe says”, in Saskatchewan

yin-yang meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Arabic and Persian

yin-yang in Hindi

yin and yang
यिन यांग yin yāṅg

yin-yang in Urdu

yin and yang
ین یانگ yin yāṅg

yin-yang in Arabic

yin and yang
يِين وَيَانْغ yīn wa-yanḡ

yin-yang in Persian

yin and yang
یین و یانگ yin o yâng
More languagesFewer languages
yin-yang in Thai
หยินหยาง yin yang
yin-yang in Vietnamese
âm dương

Forms of yin-yang

pluralyin-yangs
alternative formyin and yang
alternative formyin yang
alternative formying-yang
alternative formying yang

Origin of yin-yang

Borrowed from Mandarin 陰陽／阴阳 (yīnyáng), from Middle Chinese 陰陽 (MC 'im yang), from Old Chinese 陰陽 (OC *qrɯm laŋ), from 陰 (“dark” → “negative force”) + 陽 (“bright” → “positive force”).

Words formed from yin-yang

Phrases with yin-yang

Questions about yin-yang

What does yin-yang mean?
Yin-yang means yin and yang.
What is yin-yang in Hindi?
Yin-yang in Hindi is यिन यांग (yin yāṅg). See Yin-yang meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is yin-yang?
Yin-yang is a noun.
How do you pronounce yin-yang?
Yin-yang is pronounced /ˈjɪn ˈjæŋ/.
What is the plural of yin-yang?
The plural of yin-yang is yin-yangs.

Words near yin-yang in the dictionary

  1. yin choy
  2. Yin Chuan
  3. yin yang
  4. yin yeung
  5. Yin-ch'uan
  6. yin-yang
  7. yin-yang fish
  8. yin-yang fishes
  9. yin-yangs
  10. Yinchuan
  11. Yinchwan

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