See also: Yin, yín, yìn, yīn, yǐn, þin, and þín

English Edit

 
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Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /jɪn/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1 Edit

From early romanizations of Chinese (yīn), originally used in reference to shaded areas, as of a mountain or home.

Noun Edit

yin (uncountable)

  1. (philosophy) A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with dark, cool, female, etc. elements of the natural world.
    • 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 187:
      "Steamed fish and chicken and vegetable soup and even mushrooms are considered cooling foods, edible materializations of the yang, the pure primal air. The yin, or earth element, inheres in fried dishes and especially in shark's fin soup. Am I right, Mr Lee?"
    • 2017 January 8, Leslie Hsu Oh, “I tried the Chinese practice of ‘sitting the month’ after childbirth”, in The Washington Post[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 January 2017, Health & Science‎[2]:
      According to traditional Chinese medicine, blood carries chi, your “life force,” which fuels all the functions of the body. When you lose blood, you lose chi, and this causes your body to go into a state of yin (cold). When yin (cold) and yang (hot) are out of balance, your body will suffer physical disorders.
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Etymology 2 Edit

From ān. Cognate with yan, yen, ane and one.

Numeral Edit

yin

  1. The number one, primarily used in Scotland and Ulster

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Aromanian Edit

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Etymology 1 Edit

From Latin veniō. Compare Romanian veni, vin.

Verb Edit

yin (third-person singular present indicative yini or yine, past participle vinitã or vinjitã or vinitã)

  1. I come.
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Etymology 2 Edit

From Latin vinum. Compare Romanian vin.

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yin n (plural yinuri)

  1. wine
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Finnish Edit

Noun Edit

yin

  1. instructive plural of yy

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Etymology Edit

From Mandarin (yīn).

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yin m (usually uncountable, plural yins)

  1. yin

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Romanization Edit

yin

  1. Nonstandard spelling of yīn.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of yín.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of yǐn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of yìn.

Usage notes Edit

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

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Determiner Edit

yin (subjective pronoun þou)

  1. Alternative form of þin (thy)

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yin (subjective þou)

  1. (chiefly Northern and northern East Midland dialectal) Alternative form of þin (thine)

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yin m (plural yines)

  1. Alternative form of djinn

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yín

  1. your (second-person plural or honorific possessive pronoun)

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yín

  1. you (second-person plural object pronoun)

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