yin

• IPA^(key): /jɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɪn

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

yin (uncountable)

1. (philosophy) A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with dark, cool, female, etc. elements of the natural world.

• (complement): yang
• (unity): yin-yang

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

yin

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

• NYI

• vin, yinu, vinu

From Latin veniō. Compare Romanian veni, vin.

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

1. I come.

• yiniri/yinire, yinjiri/yinjire, viniri/vinire, vinjiri/vinjire
• vinit/vinjit, yinit/yinjit

From Latin vinum. Compare Romanian vin.

• yinu, vin

yin n (plural yinuri)

1. wine

• yinar

• ayinji/yinji
• ayitã/yitã

Mandarin 陰 (yin)

• IPA^(key): /jin/

yin m (usually uncountable, plural yins)

1. yin

• “yin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

yin

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

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

yin (subjective pronoun þou)

1. Alternative form of þin.

yin (subjective þou)

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

• “thin, (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 May 2018.

yin m (plural yines)

1. Alternative form of djinn