阴阳人

陰陽人
yīnyángrén
noun #36,724

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 intersex person; hermaphrodite
  2. 2 two-faced person

Examples

HSK 3
Tā zài lǐngdǎo miànqián shì yí tào, bèihòu yòu shì yí tào, zhēn shì ge yīnyángrén.
He acts one way in front of the boss and another behind their back - a real two-faced person.
HSK 4
Yīxué shàng bǎ zhèzhǒng rén jiào yīnyángrén.
In medicine, such a person is called intersex.

Tips

register
The medical sense is dated; modern Chinese prefers 双性人 (shuāngxìngrén) or 间性人 (jiānxìngrén). The 'two-faced' sense is recent internet slang derived from 阴阳怪气 (yīnyáng guàiqì, sarcastic/passive-aggressive).
culture
On Chinese social media, calling someone 阴阳人 usually means they switch tone or position depending on their audience - not a comment on gender or biology.

Stroke Order

yīn
yáng
rén