半陰陽

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ jam¹ joeng⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pan-yîm-yòng / pan-yâm-yòng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bua⁴ ing¹ yorng² / buann⁴ ing¹ yoeng²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pòaⁿ-iam-iûⁿ / pòaⁿ-iam-iôⁿ

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ jam¹ joeng⁴
  - Yale: bun yām yèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ jam¹ joeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ yem¹ yêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ jɐm⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pan-yîm-yòng / pan-yâm-yòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ban im^ˊ iong^ˇ / ban iam^ˊ iong^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ban⁴ yim¹ yong² / ban⁴ yam¹ yong²
  - Sinological IPA: /pan⁵⁵ im²⁴ i̯oŋ¹¹/, /pan⁵⁵ i̯am²⁴ i̯oŋ¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pan-yîm-yòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ban (r)im^ˊ (r)iong^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ban⁴ yim¹ yong²
  - Sinological IPA: /pan⁵⁵ (j)im²⁴ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bua⁴ ing¹ yorng² [Phonetic: bua¹ ing⁵ ngyorng²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bua̍ⁿ-ing-ió̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pua⁴²⁻⁵⁵ iŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(Ø-)ŋyɒŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: buann⁴ ing¹ yoeng² [Phonetic: buann¹ ing⁵ ngyoeng²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pũã⁴²⁻⁵⁵ iŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋyøŋ²⁴/
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

(Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Puxian Min) hermaphrodite; intersex person
(Philippine Hokkien) homosexual

Synonyms

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二性子 (èrxìngzi)
兩性人 / 两性人 (liǎngxìngrén)
間性人 / 间性人 (jiānxìngrén)
陰陽人 / 阴阳人 (yīnyángrén)
雙性人 / 双性人 (shuāngxìngrén)

Dialectal synonyms of 兩性人 (“hermaphrodite; intersex person”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		兩性人, 陰陽人, 雙性人, 間性人
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	二性子, 二尾子
	Taiwan	雙性人, 陰陽人
	Harbin	二尾子
Jilu Mandarin	Lijin	二尾子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	二尾子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	二尾子
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	二尾子
	Xi'an	二尾子
	Xuzhou	二尾子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	二尾子
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	二尾子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	二尾子
	Lanzhou	二尾子
	Ürümqi	二尾子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	公母人
	Chengdu (Xindu)	公母人
	Chengdu (Pidu)	公母人
	Chengdu (Wenjiang)	公母人
	Chengdu (Shuangliu)	公母人
	Chengdu (Xinjin)	公母人, 二葉子
	Jintang	公母人
	Pengzhou	公母人
	Dujiangyan	公母人, 公母豆兒, 二葉子, 二尾子娃娃
	Chongzhou	公母豆兒, 二葉子, 二哩子
	Dayi	二葉子
	Pujiang	公母人, 二葉子
	Qionglai	二葉子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	二尾子, 尾子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	半男女, 半陰陽
Cantonese	Hong Kong	雙性人, 半陰陽
Hakka	Meixian	半公嫲
	Xingning	半公嫲
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	半公乸, 半男女
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	半公妹, 半公嫲
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	半公嫲
	Wuhua (Changbu)	半公婆, 半公嫲
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	半公妹, 半陰陽
	Jiexi	半公嫲
	Jiexi (Huizhai)	半公嫲
	Luhe	半公妹
	Nanjing (Meilin)	半公嫲
	Nanjing (Tianluokeng, Shuyang)	半公嫲
	Changting	半公嫲, 半公
	Longyan (Yongding)	半公嫲
	Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding)	半公嫲
	Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding)	半公嫲
	Liancheng (Peitian)	半公嫲
	Liancheng (Juxi)	半公嫲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	半陰陽
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	半陰陽
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	陰陽人
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	半公嫲
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	半公嫲
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	半陰陽
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	半陰陽
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	半陰陽
	Sabah (Longchuan)	半公嫲
	Bangkok (Meixian)	半男女, 半公嫲
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	半公嫲
Jin	Taiyuan	二尾子
	Taiyuan (Jiancaoping)	二尾子
	Xinzhou	二尾子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	半男女
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	半男女
Southern Min	Xiamen	半陰陽, 阿倌 dated
	Quanzhou	半陰陽
	Zhangzhou	半陰陽, 半陰陽仔
	Zhao'an	半公母, 半公母仔, 半陰陽, 姑仔
	Taipei	半陰陽仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	半陰陽, 不男不女
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	半陰陽
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	半陰陽
	Kaohsiung	半陰陽仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	半陰陽仔
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	半陰陽仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	半陰陽仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	半陰陽仔
	Kaohsiung (Cieding)	半陰陽
	Yilan	半陰陽仔
	Yilan (Luodong)	半陰陽仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	半公母仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	半陰陽
	Changhua (Yongjing)	半公母仔
	Taichung	半陰陽
	Tainan	半陰陽仔
	Tainan (Anping)	半陰陽
	Hsinchu	半陰陽
	Chiayi	半陰陽
	Chiayi County (Dongshi)	半陰陽的
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	半公母仔
	Kinmen	半陰陽
	Penghu (Magong)	半陰陽
	Penghu (Xiyu)	半陰陽
	Singapore (Hokkien)	半陰陽, 阿倌
Puxian Min	Putian	半陰陽
Puxian Min	Xianyou	半陰陽, 半男女
Wu	Shanghai	雌伏雄
	Shanghai (Chongming)	雌雄人
	Danyang	公母子
	Hangzhou	陰陽人兒
	Ningbo	半雌雄
	Wenzhou	女男, 半雌雄

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “半阴阳”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 62.

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)

hermaphroditism
半陰陽者(はんいんようしゃ)
han'in'yōsha
a hermaphrodite