yin
/jɪn
/noun
(In Chinese philosophy) the passive female principle of the universe, characterized as female and sustaining and associated with earth, dark, and cold. Contrasted with yang.Traditional Chinese philosophy embraced these as yin and yang, each of which contain the seed of the other....
- Almost every film made, anywhere in the world, follows the spirit of the yin and the yang.
- These five elemental phases also correspond to the three yin and the three yang of the universe.
Origin
From Chinese yīn 'feminine', 'moon', 'shade'.