yuan yangとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

yuanyang (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 yuanyangs)

1. (China) A pair of mandarin ducks, one male and one female, as a symbol of faithful union.
   • 1889, Congressional Serial Set, page 460:

     The yuanyang are the male and female respectively of Anas galericulata, commonly called by Europeans "Mandarin duck." These beautiful water-fowl manifest when mated a singular degree of attachment for each other, and they have hence been elevated into the emblems of connubial affection and fidelity.

   • 2006, Pi-Ching Hsu, Beyond Eroticism: A Historian's Reading of Humor in Feng Menglong's Child's Folly:

     Yuanyang, the Mandarin duck, mates for life, and is hence a symbol of conjugal felicity.

   • 2016, Matt Huang & Grace Hsu, Young China Hand, →ISBN:

     May the pair of yuanyang 鸳鸯 augur well for our proposed union with Dominant Duck," said Susie gaily.

2. Synonym of yuenyeung
   • 2012, Avani Burdett, Delicatessen Cookbook - Burdett's Delicatessen Recipes, →ISBN:

     Yuanyang, sometimes also called Ying Yong, is a popular beverage in Hong Kong, made of a mixture of coffee and Hong-style milk tea.

   • 2013, Andrew Dalby, The Breakfast Book, →ISBN, page 92:

     It is even enjoyed as a unique half tea, half coffee milky mix, yuanyang, a conjugal pairing as disparate as male and female Mandarin ducks (yes, it gets its name from the ducks).

   • 2013, Matthew Gerwitz, Disposable Catheters and Other Musings, →ISBN, page 7:

     After just thirty minutes and very limited math skills, my research indicated there are far too many people buying Double-Espresso Macchiato Yuanyangs just prior to entering the expressway for the morning's "rush hour", if you know what I mean.

   • 2015, T Turner, Hong Kong 2016 - : Have an Adventure!:

     Yuanyang is also a popular drink mixed with milk tea and coffee.

   • 2016, Michael Zee, SymmetryBreakfast, →ISBN, page 133:

     It comes as no surprise that Hong Kongers have discovered the joys of combining tea and coffee to create yuanyang.

派生語

• yuanyang hudie pai