阴阳人

陰陽人
yīnyángrén
noun #36,724

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 intersex person; hermaphrodite
  2. 2 (slang) two-faced person

Examples

Yīxué shàng bǎ zhè zhǒng rén jiào yīnyángrén.
In medicine, such a person is called intersex.
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.

Tips

register
The medical sense is dated; modern Chinese prefers (shuāngxìngrén) or (jiānxìngrén). The 'two-faced' sense is recent internet slang derived from 阴阳 (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