yin

See also:Yin,yín,yìn,yīn,yǐn,þin,andþín

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/jɪn/

  • Audio(Southern England):

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• Rhymes:-ɪn

Etymology 1

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

Noun

yin(uncountable)

1. (philosophy)AprincipleinChineseandrelatedEast Asianphilosophiesassociatedwithdark,cool,female,etc.elementsof thenaturalworld.
   • 1956,Anthony Burgess,Time for a Tiger(The Malayan Trilogy), published1972,page187:

     "Steamed fish and chicken and vegetable soup and even mushrooms are considered cooling foods, edible materializations of theyang,the pure primal air. Theyin,or earth element, inheres in fried dishes and especially in shark's fin soup. Am I right, Mr Lee? "

   • 2017January 8, Leslie Hsu Oh, “I tried the Chinese practice of ‘sitting the month’ after childbirth”, inThe Washington Post‎^[1],→ISSN,→OCLC,archived fromthe originalon08 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 ofyin(cold). Whenyin(cold) and yang (hot) are out of balance, your body will suffer physical disorders.

   • 2023November 1, Katie Hopkins, “Transitions & Remembrances”, inAlign & Spiral‎^[3](Blog), archived fromthe originalon01 February 2024,Belief & Body Blog‎^[4]:

     In ancient Chinese philosophy, the opposing forces ofYin(passive, feminine, night) and Yang (active, masculine, sun) balance life.[…]
     As we turn towards darker days (from November 1st until the winter solstice's darkest night on December 21st), we have a chance to turn inward for reflection. We enter aYinphase.

Related terms

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

Translations

essential female principle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Âm／Âm(zh)(yīn)

• German:Yin(de)n
• Hungarian:jin(hu)
• Japanese:Âm(ja)(いん, in)
• Korean:음( âm )(ko)(eum)
• Manchu:ᡝ(e)
• Persian:یین(yin)
• Russian:инь(ru)forn(inʹ)
• Swedish:yin
• Vietnamese:âm(vi)(Âm)

Etymology 2

Fromān.Doublet ofyan,yen,aneandone.

Numeral

yin

1. The numberone,primarily used inScotlandandUlster

Anagrams

• NYI

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• vin,yinu,vinu

Etymology 1

FromLatinveniō.CompareRomanianveni,vin.

Verb

yinfirst-singular present indicative(third-person singular present indicativeyinioryine,past participlevinitãorvinjitãorvinitã)

1. tocome

Related terms

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

Etymology 2

FromLatinvinum.CompareRomanianvin.

Alternative forms

• yinu,vin

Noun

yinn(pluralyinuri)

1. wine

Derived terms

• yinar

See also

• ayinji/yinji
• ayitã/yitã

Finnish

Noun

yin

1. instructivepluralofyy

Anagrams

• nyi

French

Etymology

FromMandarinÂm／Âm(yīn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/jin/
• Rhymes:-jin

Noun

yinm(usuallyuncountable,pluralyins)

1. yin

Further reading

• “yin”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Mandarin

Romanization

yin

1. Nonstandardspelling ofyīn.
2. Nonstandardspelling ofyín.
3. Nonstandardspelling ofyǐn.
4. Nonstandardspelling ofyìn.

Usage notes

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

Middle English

Determiner

yin(subjective pronounþou)

1. Alternative form ofþin(“thy”)

Pronoun

yin(subjectiveþou)

1. (chiefly Northern and northern East Midland dialectal)Alternative form ofþin(“thine”)

Spanish

Noun

yinm(pluralyines)

1. Alternative form ofdjinn

Further reading

• “yin”,inDiccionario de la lengua española,Vigésima tercera edición,Real Academia Española,2014

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• rin,rin-ín(Ekiti,Ijesha)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/jĩ́/

Determiner

yín

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

See also

Yoruba possessive pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mi	wa
2nd person	(r)ẹ	yín
3rd person	(r)ẹ̀	wọn

Pronoun

yín

1. you(second-person plural object pronoun)

See also

Affirmative subject pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mo	a
2nd person	o	ẹ
3rd person	ó	wọ́n

Negative subject pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mi/n	a
2nd person	o	ẹ
3rd person	[pronoun dropped]	wọn

Object pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mi	wa
2nd person	ọ/ẹ	yín
3rd person	[preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs]/ẹ̀	wọn

Note: except foryín,object pronouns have a high tone following a low or mid tone monosyllabic verb, and a mid tone following a high tone. For complex verbs, the tone does not change.

Emphatic pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	èmi	àwa
2nd person	ìwọ	ẹ̀yin
3rd person	òun	àwọn