阴性

• 병음: yīn xìng
• 한자 분석: 阴 = 阜 + 侌 (mound + obscured sun — the Yin side, negative); 性 = 忄+ 生 (heart + birth — inherent nature, quality)

뜻

검사 결과 ‘음성’(negative); (중의학·이론) 음(陰)의 성질

In modern medical usage, 阴性 almost always means a negative test result (检测阴性 — test negative). In traditional Chinese medicine, it refers to the Yin quality: cold, dark, passive, receptive. In linguistics (gender systems), it means feminine gender. Context determines which sense is meant. The medical sense is by far the most common in everyday advanced Chinese.

예문

1. 经过连续三次核酸检测，该病区所有患者均已转为阴性，院方决定于本周末正式解除隔离措施并恢复常规诊疗秩序。
2. 实验室报告显示，这批食品样本的沙门氏菌检测结果全部为阴性，符合国家食品安全标准，可以正式进入流通环节。
3. 中医理论认为，人体健康的维持有赖于阴性与阳性能量的动态平衡，任何一方的持续偏盛都可能导致相应的脏腑功能失调。

사용 가이드

맥락: medicine, public health, traditional Chinese medicine, science

어조: neutral

올바른 표현

• 最新筛查显示，社区93名受检居民中91名为阴性，2名阳性者已转入定点医院隔离治疗。(Latest screening showed that 91 of the 93 tested residents in the community were negative, and the 2 positive cases have been transferred to designated hospitals for isolation treatment.)
• 二期试验中，有效剂量组十二周后肿瘤标志物多呈阴性，说明药物抑制靶向通路的效果达标。(In the phase two trial, tumor markers in the effective-dose group were mostly negative after twelve weeks, showing the drug's inhibition of the target pathway met expectations.)

피해야 할 표현

• 他的态度是阴性的 — 阴性 is a technical/medical/TCM term; for describing a person's negative or dark attitude say 他的态度很消极 or 他性格阴沉; 阴性 applied to personality sounds like a misuse of medical terminology

기원과 역사

阴 (Yin/negative — the shaded side; darkness, cold, passive force) + 性 (nature/character — 忄heart + 生 birth; the inherent nature one is born with)

문화적 배경

시대: Modern

세대: All ages

사회적 배경: Universal