Skip to the word

Added 10 October 2026

yang

/ˈjæŋ/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about yang at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The bright positive masculine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology.
yin and yang together produce everything that comes into existence

Origin

From early romanizations of Chinese 陽／阳 (yáng), originally in reference to the sunny side of areas such as mountains and dwellings.

From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)

Back to today's word