yin-yang

/ˈjɪn ˈjæŋ/proscribed/ˈjɪŋ ˈjæŋ/

noun

Yin and yang.

“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!”

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Meanings

nounyin-yang (plural yin-yangs)

plural yin-yangs · alternative yin and yang · alternative yin yang · alternative ying-yang · alternative ying yang

  1. Yin and yang.
  2. A circular symbol with white and black sections (☯), representing the fusion of the concepts of yin and yang.
  3. colloquialvulgarThe 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
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    "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. colloquialvulgarThe 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!

    1 more example

    "... 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

Origin

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”).

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Translations

Arabic يِين وَيَانْغ
  • يِين وَيَانْغ (yīn wa-yanḡ)yin and yang
Chinese Mandarin 陰陽 /阴阳, 太極圖 /太极图
  • 陰陽 /阴阳 (yīnyáng)yin and yang
  • 太極圖 /太极图 (tàijítú)symbol
Finnish jin-jang, jin-jang
  • jin-jangyin and yang
  • jin-jangsymbol
French yin-yang
  • yin-yangyin and yang
German Yin und Yang
  • Yin und Yangyin and yang
Hindi यिन यांग
  • यिन यांग (yin yāṅg)yin and yang
Hungarian jin-jang
  • jin-jangyin and yang
Japanese 陰陽
  • 陰陽yin and yang
Korean 음양
  • 음양 (eumyang)yin and yang
Persian یین و یانگ
  • یین و یانگ (yin o yâng)yin and yang
Portuguese yin-yang, yin-yang
  • yin-yangyin and yang
  • yin-yangsymbol
Russian инь-я́н, инь и ян
  • инь-я́н (inʹ-ján)yin and yang
  • инь и ян (inʹ i jan)yin and yang
  • инь-ян (inʹ-jan)symbol
Spanish yin-yang
  • yin-yangyin and yang
Thai หยินหยาง
  • หยินหยาง (yin yang)yin and yang
Ukrainian їнь-ян
  • їнь-ян (jinʹ-jan)yin and yang
Urdu ین یانگ
  • ین یانگ (yin yāṅg)yin and yang
Vietnamese âm dương
  • âm dươngyin and yang
Cite this entry
APA

yin-yang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yin-yang

MLA

“yin-yang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yin-yang. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yin-yang,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yin-yang.

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