yinz

English

Alternative forms

• yins, yuns, yunz (Spelling varies by speaker.)

Etymology

Contraction of you ones. Compare you-uns, yens.

Pronoun

yinz

1. (US, dialectal, especially Western Pennsylvania and Appalachia) you (plural).

Synonyms

• see the list of other second-person pronouns in you

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /jin˧˩/
• Tone numbers: yin²
• Hyphenation: yinz

Etymology 1

From Chinese 勻 (MC jiuɪn).

Adjective

yinz (1957–1982 spelling yinƨ)

1. even; well-proportioned

Etymology 2

From Chinese 寅 (MC jiɪn).

Noun

yinz (1957–1982 spelling yinƨ)

1. third earthly branch

See also

• (earthly branches) ceij, couj, yinz, maux, saenz, ceih, ngux, feih, saen, youx, swt, haih