半陰陽

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	moonlight and sunlight; yin and yang
trad. (半陰陽)		半	陰陽
simp. (半阴阳)		半	阴阳

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bua⁴ ing¹ yong² / buaⁿ⁴ ing¹ yeng²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pòaⁿ-iam-iûⁿ / pòaⁿ-iam-iôⁿ

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bua⁴ ing¹ yong² [Phonetic: bua¹ ing⁵ ngyong²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pua⁴²⁻⁵⁵ iŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋyɒŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: buaⁿ⁴ ing¹ yeng² [Phonetic: buaⁿ¹ ing⁵ ngyeng²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pũã⁴²⁻⁵⁵ iŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋyøŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Lukang, Magong, Sanxia, Taichung, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-iam-iûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: puànn-iam-iûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvoariam'viuu
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ iam³³ iũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /puã¹²⁻⁴⁴ iam⁴⁴⁻²² iũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /puã³¹⁻⁵³ iam³³ iũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ iam⁴⁴⁻²² iũ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-iam-iôⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: puànn-iam-iônn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvoariam'viooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ iam⁴⁴⁻²² iɔ̃¹³/

Noun

半陰陽

1. (Southern and Puxian Min) hermaphrodite

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)
• 半陰陽仔 / 半阴阳仔 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 間性人 / 间性人 (jiānxìngrén)
• 阿倌 (Min Nan)
• 陰陽人 / 阴阳人 (yīnyángrén)
• 雙性人 / 双性人 (shuāngxìngrén)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
半	陰	陽
はん Grade: 2	いん Grade: S	よう Grade: 3
kan'on

Etymology

半 (“half-; semi-; demi-”) +‎ 陰陽 (“yin-yang; female and male”)

Noun

半(はん)陰(いん)陽(よう) • (han'in'yō) 

1. hermaphroditism

   半陰陽者(はんいんようしゃ)

   han'in'yōsha

   a hermaphrodite