yin
English Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From early romanizations of Chinese 陰/阴 (yīn), originally used in reference to shaded areas, as of a mountain or home.
Noun Edit
yin (uncountable)
- (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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Translations Edit
essential female principle
Etymology 2 Edit
From ān. Cognate with yan, yen, ane and one.
Numeral Edit
yin
Anagrams Edit
Aromanian Edit
Alternative forms Edit
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)
- I come.
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Etymology 2 Edit
From Latin vinum. Compare Romanian vin.
Alternative forms Edit
Noun Edit
yin n (plural yinuri)
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Finnish Edit
Noun Edit
yin
- instructive plural of yy
Anagrams Edit
French Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
yin m (usually uncountable, plural yins)
Further reading Edit
- “yin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Mandarin Edit
Romanization Edit
yin
- Nonstandard spelling of yīn.
- Nonstandard spelling of yín.
- Nonstandard spelling of yǐn.
- 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.
Middle English Edit
Determiner Edit
yin (subjective pronoun þou)
- Alternative form of þin (“thy”)
Pronoun Edit
yin (subjective þou)
- (chiefly Northern and northern East Midland dialectal) Alternative form of þin (“thine”)
Spanish Edit
Noun Edit
yin m (plural yines)
- Alternative form of djinn
Further reading Edit
- “yin”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Yoruba Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Determiner Edit
yín
- your (second-person plural or honorific possessive pronoun)
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Yoruba possessive pronouns
Pronoun Edit
yín
- you (second-person plural object pronoun)
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Affirmative subject pronouns
Negative subject pronouns
Object pronouns
singular | plural or honorific | |
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1st person | mi | wa |
2nd person | ọ / ẹ | yín |
3rd person | [preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs] / ẹ̀ | wọn |