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See China.

As a Chinese surname, a variant romanization of various Chinese characters, e.g. Hakka 陳/陈 (Chhṳ̀n), Taishanese 陳 /陈 (cin3), Cantonese 錢/钱 (cin4), Mandarin 金 (Chin1), and Mandarin 秦 (Chʻin2).

The atonal Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 晉 /晋 (Jìn).

The irregular romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 秦 (Qín).

From Burmese ချင်း (hkyang:).

From Middle English chyn, from Old English ċinn (“chin”), from Proto-West Germanic *kinnu, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz (“chin”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“chin, jaw”). Compare West Frisian/Dutch kin, Low German/German Kinn, Danish kind, Icelandic kinn, Welsh gen, Latin gena, Tocharian A śanweṃ, Ancient Greek γένυς (génus, “jaw”), Armenian ծնոտ (cnot), Persian چانه (čâne), Sanskrit हनु (hánu). Doublet of gena.

Shortening of chinchilla.

338 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Burmese: ချင်းလူမျိုး (hkyang:lu-myui:) — Translations
• Burmese: ချင်း (hkyang:) — Translations
• Pa'o Karen: ချင်ꩻ — Translations
• Mon: ဂကူချေင် — Translations
• Shan: ၶျၢင်း (khjáang) — Translations
• Abaza: жа́гӏв (žáʻw) — bottom of a face
• Abaza: шӏы́дзадза (čʼə́dzadza) — bottom of a face
• Abkhaz: ацламҳәа (aclamḥwa) — bottom of a face
• Acehnese: keuëng — bottom of a face
• Afrikaans: ken — bottom of a face
• Alabama: notakfa — bottom of a face
• Albanian: mjekër — bottom of a face
• Southern Altai: ээк (eek) — bottom of a face
• Amharic: ሸንጎበት (šängobät) — bottom of a face
• Amharic: አገጭ (ʾägäč̣) — bottom of a face
• Western Apache: biyedaa’ — bottom of a face
• Arabic: ذَقْن (ḏaqn) — bottom of a face
• Arabic: دقن (daʔn) — bottom of a face
• Arabic: ذِقِن (digin, ḏigin) — bottom of a face
• Arabic: دِقِن (digin) — bottom of a face
• Aragonese: mentón — bottom of a face
• Aragonese: barbeta — bottom of a face
• Aramaic: ܟܠܙܘܙܐ (klāzūzā) — bottom of a face
• Armenian: կզակ (kzak) — bottom of a face
• Assamese: থুঁতৰি (thũtori) — bottom of a face
• Asturian: barbadiella — bottom of a face
• Asturian: cazu — bottom of a face
• Avar: нилъу (nilsu) — bottom of a face
• Aymara: k'achi — bottom of a face
• Azerbaijani: çənə — bottom of a face
• West Coast Bajau: ajei — bottom of a face
• West Coast Bajau: langgar — bottom of a face
• Bambara: bonbon — bottom of a face
• Bangi: ebeku — bottom of a face
• Bashkir: эйәк (eyək) — bottom of a face
• Basque: kokots — bottom of a face
• Belarusian: падбаро́дак (padbaródak) — bottom of a face
• Belarusian: барада́ (baradá) — bottom of a face
• Bengali: চিবুক (cibuk) — bottom of a face
• Bhojpuri: ठोड़ी (ṭhōṛī) — bottom of a face
• Bau Bidayuh: siraka — bottom of a face
• Central Bikol: kuko — bottom of a face
• Breton: elgezh — bottom of a face
• Breton: chik — bottom of a face
• Bulgarian: брада́ (bradá) — bottom of a face
• Burmese: မေးစေ့ (me:ce.) — bottom of a face
• Catalan: mentó — bottom of a face
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵔⵜ (tamart) — bottom of a face
• Chamorro: åchai — bottom of a face
• Chechen: чӏениг (čʼenig) — bottom of a face
• Chichewa: chigama — bottom of a face
• Chinese Cantonese: 下巴 (haa6 paa4) — bottom of a face
• Chinese Mandarin: 下巴 (xiàba) — bottom of a face
• Chinese Mandarin: 頷 /颔 (hàn) — bottom of a face
• Chinese Mandarin: 下巴頦 /下巴颏 (xiàbakē) — bottom of a face
• Chuvash: янах (janah) — bottom of a face
• East Circassian: жьэпкъ (źɛpq) — bottom of a face
• West Circassian: жэкӏэпэпкъ (žɛkʼɛpɛpq) — bottom of a face
• Ngazidja Comorian: ilevu — bottom of a face
• Coptic: ⲙⲟⲣⲧ (mort) — bottom of a face
• Cornish: elgeth — bottom of a face
• Corsican: méntu — bottom of a face
• Plains-Cree: ᒥᑖᐱᐢᑲᐣ — bottom of a face
• Plains-Cree: ᒥᑳᐧᐢᑯᓀᐤ — bottom of a face
• Plains-Cree: ᒥᑳᐧᐢᑯᓀᐃᐧᑲᐣ — bottom of a face
• Czech: brada — bottom of a face
• Dakota: iku — bottom of a face
• Danish: hage — bottom of a face
• Dusun: roo (Tambunan Dusun) — bottom of a face
• Dutch: kin — bottom of a face
• Dzongkha: མ་མཁལ (ma mkhal) — bottom of a face
• Ancient Egyptian: a:n-a:n-F51 (ꜥnꜥn) — bottom of a face
• Ancient Egyptian: i-n:a-D19 (jnꜥ) — bottom of a face
• Emilian: gagia — bottom of a face
• Erzya: уло (ulo) — bottom of a face
• Ese: sanoa — bottom of a face
• Esperanto: mentono — bottom of a face
• Estonian: lõug — bottom of a face
• Evenki: дег (ʒeg) — bottom of a face
• Ewe: egla — bottom of a face
• Faroese: høka — bottom of a face
• Finnish: leuka — bottom of a face
• Finnish: alaleuka — bottom of a face
• French: menton — bottom of a face
• Old French: menton — bottom of a face
• West-Frisian: kin — bottom of a face
• Friulian: barbuč — bottom of a face
• Friulian: barbìn — bottom of a face
• Gagauz: çenä — bottom of a face
• Galician: queixo — bottom of a face
• Georgian: ნიკაპი (niḳaṗi) — bottom of a face
• German: Kinn — bottom of a face
• German: Koi — bottom of a face
• German: Kehn — bottom of a face
• German: Chimmi — bottom of a face
• Central Franconian: Kenn — bottom of a face
• German: Kjen — bottom of a face
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌿𐍃 (kinnus) — bottom of a face
• Greek: σαγόνι (sagóni) — bottom of a face
• Greek: πηγούνι (pigoúni) — bottom of a face
• Ancient Greek: ἀνθερεών (anthereṓn) — bottom of a face
• Ancient Greek: γένειον (géneion) — bottom of a face
• Greenlandic: talloq — bottom of a face
• Paraguayan Guarani: tañykãpy — bottom of a face
• Haitian Creole: manton — bottom of a face
• Hausa: haɓā̀ — bottom of a face
• Hebrew: סַנְטֵר (santér) — bottom of a face
• Hindi: ठुड्डी (ṭhuḍḍī) — bottom of a face
• Hindi: चिबुक (cibuk) — bottom of a face
• Hindi: ठोड़ी (ṭhoṛī) — bottom of a face
• White Hmong: qab pob tsaig — bottom of a face
• Hungarian: áll — bottom of a face
• Iban: dagu — bottom of a face
• Icelandic: haka — bottom of a face
• Ido: mentono — bottom of a face
• Ilocano: timid — bottom of a face
• Indonesian: dagu — bottom of a face
• Ingush: чӏенг (čʼeng) — bottom of a face
• Interlingua: mento — bottom of a face
• Inupiaq: tavlu — bottom of a face
• Iranun: baka' — bottom of a face
• Irish: smig — bottom of a face
• Italian: mento — bottom of a face
• Ivatan: tomid — bottom of a face
• Japanese: 頤 (otogai) — bottom of a face
• Japanese: 顎 (ago) — bottom of a face
• Old Javanese: janggut — bottom of a face
• Jeju: ᄐᆞᆨ (tawk) — bottom of a face
• Jeju: ᄐᆞ가리 (tawgari) — bottom of a face
• Kaitag: кьикь (q̇iq̇) — bottom of a face
• Kalmyk: өргн (örgn) — bottom of a face
• Kapampangan: baba — bottom of a face
• Karachay-Balkar: сакъал (saqal) — bottom of a face
• Kara-Kalpak: ийек — bottom of a face
• Kara-Kalpak: буғақ — bottom of a face
• Kara-Kalpak: алқым — bottom of a face
• Kara-Kalpak: iyek — bottom of a face
• Kara-Kalpak: buģaq — bottom of a face
• Kara-Kalpak: alqım — bottom of a face
• Karelian: leugu — bottom of a face
• Kazakh: иек (iek) — bottom of a face
• Khakas: ээк (eek) — bottom of a face
• Khmer: ចង្កា (jonggaa) — bottom of a face
• Kimaragang: roo — bottom of a face
• Komi-Zyrian: тшӧка (čöka) — bottom of a face
• Korean: 턱 (teok) — bottom of a face
• Kumyk: сакъал тюп (saqal tüp) — bottom of a face
• Central Kurdish: چەناگە (çenage) — bottom of a face
• Northern Kurdish: zenî — bottom of a face
• Kyrgyz: ээк (eek) — bottom of a face
• Ladin: barboz — bottom of a face
• Ladino: keshada — bottom of a face
• Lak: лунттубакӏ (lunt:ubakʼ) — bottom of a face
• Lao: ຄາງ (khāng) — bottom of a face
• Latin: mentum — bottom of a face
• Latvian: zods — bottom of a face
• Laz: ნუკუ (nuǩu) — bottom of a face
• Laz: ჩენგე (çenge) — bottom of a face
• Lezgi: чана (čana) — bottom of a face
• Ligurian: mento — bottom of a face
• Lingala: mbángá — bottom of a face
• Lingala: lombángá — bottom of a face
• Lingala: ebeku — bottom of a face
• Lithuanian: smakras — bottom of a face
• Lombard: barbòs — bottom of a face
• Lombard: barbozz — bottom of a face
• Lotud: roo — bottom of a face
• Low German: Kinn — bottom of a face
• Luxembourgish: Kënn — bottom of a face
• Macedonian: брада (brada) — bottom of a face
• Malagasy: saoka — bottom of a face
• Malay: dagu — bottom of a face
• Malay: mentum — bottom of a face
• Brunei Malay: ajai — bottom of a face
• Malayalam: താടി (tāṭi) — bottom of a face
• Maltese: geddum — bottom of a face
• Maltese: lħit — bottom of a face
• Manx: smeg — bottom of a face
• Manx: smeggin — bottom of a face
• Manx: smeggyl — bottom of a face
• Māori: kau(w)ae — bottom of a face
• Māori: pūkau(w)ae — bottom of a face
• Mapudungun: ketre — bottom of a face
• Marathi: हनुवटी (hanuvṭī) — bottom of a face
• Mari: оҥылаш — bottom of a face
• Western Mari: онгылаш (ongylaš) — bottom of a face
• Central Melanau: gaam — bottom of a face
• Middle English: chin — bottom of a face
• Mirandese: queixo — bottom of a face
• Moksha: ула (ula) — bottom of a face
• Mon: သၟိပ် (həmɛp) — bottom of a face
• Mongolian: эрүү (erüü) — bottom of a face
• Tagal Murut: jaa — bottom of a face
• Timugon Murut: salura — bottom of a face
• Khiamniungan Naga: kùap — bottom of a face
• Nahuatl: tenchalli — bottom of a face
• Nanai: сэсхэ (seshe) — bottom of a face
• Navajo: ayaatsʼiin — bottom of a face
• Neapolitan: varva — bottom of a face
• Neapolitan: sguéssera — bottom of a face
• Nepali: चिउँडो (ciũḍo) — bottom of a face
• Norman: moton — bottom of a face
• Norwegian: hake — bottom of a face
• Nottoway-Meherrin: ochag — bottom of a face
• Occitan: menton — bottom of a face
• Ojibwe: indaamikan — bottom of a face
• Church Slavic: брада (brada) — bottom of a face
• Old East Slavic: борода (boroda) — bottom of a face
• Old English: ċinn — bottom of a face
• Ossetian: роцъо (roc’o) — bottom of a face
• Ossetian: зекъӕ (zek’æ) — bottom of a face
• Paicî: cérépwä — bottom of a face
• Pannonian Rusyn: брада (brada) — bottom of a face
• Pashto: زنه (zana) — bottom of a face
• Pennsylvania German: Kinn — bottom of a face
• Persian: چانه (čâne) — bottom of a face
• Persian: چکن (čakan) — bottom of a face
• Persian: زنخ (zanax) — bottom of a face
• Persian: زنخدان (zanaxdân) — bottom of a face
• Piedmontese: manton — bottom of a face
• Polish: podbródek — bottom of a face
• Polish: broda — bottom of a face
• Portuguese: queixo — bottom of a face
• Portuguese: mento — bottom of a face
• Punjabi: ਠੋੜੀ (ṭhoṛī) — bottom of a face
• Quechua: k'aki — bottom of a face
• Quechua: qhaqlli — bottom of a face
• Réunion Creole French: manton — bottom of a face
• Romani: falka — bottom of a face
• Romanian: bărbie — bottom of a face
• Romansh: mintun — bottom of a face
• Rungus: ro'o — bottom of a face
• Russian: подборо́док (podboródok) — bottom of a face
• Russian: борода́ (borodá) — bottom of a face
• Rwanda-Rundi: akananwa — bottom of a face
• Rwanda-Rundi: uru-sakanwa — bottom of a face
• Sabah Bisaya: ajai — bottom of a face
• Sabah Bisaya: rowoh — bottom of a face
• Inari-Sami: käibi — bottom of a face
• Kildin-Sami: ка̄ййп (kājjp) — bottom of a face
• Northern Sami: gáibi — bottom of a face
• Skolt-Sami: käi ́bb — bottom of a face
• Southern Sami: gaejpie — bottom of a face
• Sanskrit: चिबुकम् (cibukam) — bottom of a face
• Sardinian: baédhu — bottom of a face
• Sardinian: fabedhu — bottom of a face
• Scottish Gaelic: smiogaid — bottom of a face
• Serbo-Croatian: брада — bottom of a face
• Serbo-Croatian: подбрада — bottom of a face
• Serbo-Croatian: подваљак — bottom of a face
• Serbo-Croatian: подбрадак — bottom of a face
• Serbo-Croatian: brada — bottom of a face
• Serbo-Croatian: podbrada — bottom of a face
• Serbo-Croatian: podvaljak — bottom of a face
• Serbo-Croatian: podbradak — bottom of a face
• Sicilian: varvarottu — bottom of a face
• Sicilian: babbarottu — bottom of a face
• Sidamo: gacco — bottom of a face
• Sinhalese: නිකට (nikaṭa) — bottom of a face
• Slovak: brada — bottom of a face
• Slovene: brada — bottom of a face
• Somali: gadh — bottom of a face
• Lower Sorbian: pódguba — bottom of a face
• Upper Sorbian: broda — bottom of a face
• Sotho: seledu — bottom of a face
• Spanish: barbilla — bottom of a face
• Spanish: mentón — bottom of a face
• Spanish: pera — bottom of a face
• Sranan Tongo: kakumbe — bottom of a face
• Sumerian: 𒂅 (/⁠tun⁠/) — bottom of a face
• Sumerian: 𒋼 (/⁠te⁠/) — bottom of a face
• Sumerian: 𒅾 (/⁠sum⁠/) — bottom of a face
• Sundanese: angkeut — bottom of a face
• Swahili: tawa — bottom of a face
• Swahili: kidevu — bottom of a face
• Swedish: haka — bottom of a face
• Tabasaran: ккалккам (k̄alk̄am) — bottom of a face
• Tabasaran: чене (čene) — bottom of a face
• Tagalog: baba — bottom of a face
• Tajik: манаҳ (manah) — bottom of a face
• Tajik: чона (čona) — bottom of a face
• Tajik: занах (zanax) — bottom of a face
• Tajik: зақан (zaqan) — bottom of a face
• Takia: awa-n to-n — bottom of a face
• Tamil: முகவாய் (mukavāy) — bottom of a face
• Tamil: மோவாய் (mōvāy) — bottom of a face
• Tamil: தாழ்வாய் (tāḻvāy) — bottom of a face
• Tamil: நாடி (nāṭi) — bottom of a face
• Taos: ȍdénemą — bottom of a face
• Tatar: ияк (iyäk) — bottom of a face
• Tày: càng — bottom of a face
• Telugu: గడ్డం (gaḍḍaṁ) — bottom of a face
• Telugu: చుబుకం (cubukaṁ) — bottom of a face
• Tetum: timir — bottom of a face
• Tewa: on — bottom of a face
• Thai: คาง (kaang) — bottom of a face
• Tibetan: ཀོ་ཀོ (ko ko) — bottom of a face
• Tibetan: ཨོག་མ (og ma) — bottom of a face
• Tigrinya: መንከስ (mänkäs) — bottom of a face
• Tswana: seledu — bottom of a face
• Turkish: çene — bottom of a face
• Ottoman Turkish: چكه (çeñe) — bottom of a face
• Turkmen: eňek — bottom of a face
• Tuvan: сегел (segel) — bottom of a face
• Udmurt: анлес (anľes) — bottom of a face
• Ukrainian: підборі́ддя (pidboríddja) — bottom of a face
• Ukrainian: борода́ (borodá) — bottom of a face
• Unami: hwìkwi — bottom of a face
• Urdu: ٹھڈی (ṭhuḍḍī) — bottom of a face
• Urdu: چبک (cibuk) — bottom of a face
• Urdu: ٹھوڑی (ṭhoṛī) — bottom of a face
• Uyghur: كەڭېئ (ke'ngë') — bottom of a face
• Uzbek: iyak — bottom of a face
• Venetan: sbéssoła — bottom of a face
• Venetan: barbizuòlo — bottom of a face
• Vietnamese: cằm — bottom of a face
• Volapük: cün — bottom of a face
• Võro: lõug — bottom of a face
• Walloon: minton — bottom of a face
• Welsh: gên — bottom of a face
• Winnebago: hiirap — bottom of a face
• Woiwurrung: ngurnduk — bottom of a face
• Wolaytta: buuchchaa — bottom of a face
• Wolof: sikim — bottom of a face
• Xhosa: isilevu — bottom of a face
• Yakut: сэҥийэ (seŋiye) — bottom of a face
• Yiddish: גאָמבע (gombe) — bottom of a face
• Yiddish: קין (kin) — bottom of a face
• Yiddish: מאָרדע (morde) — bottom of a face
• Yiddish: באָרד (bord) — bottom of a face
• Yiddish: אונטערמויל (untermoyl) — bottom of a face
• Yiddish: אונטערבערדל (unterberdl) — bottom of a face
• Yoruba: àgbọ̀n — bottom of a face
• Yucatec Maya: k'ono'ch — bottom of a face
• Zazaki: çenge — bottom of a face
• Zhuang: hangz — bottom of a face
• Zulu: isilevu — bottom of a face
• ǃXóõ: dzàni — bottom of a face