YANG

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The bright positive masculine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology

Example:

yin and yang together produce everything that comes into existence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("yang" is a kind of...):

principle; rule (a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct)

Domain region:

Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)

Antonym:

yin (the dark negative feminine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology)

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb yang