name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
yin
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/jɪn/
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rhymes with -ɪn
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CMU ARPABET: Y IH1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A mountain range in northern China at the southeast end of the Gobi Desert.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
an alternative name for the Shang dynasty
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 4
A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with dark, cool, female, etc. elements of the natural world.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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num
Meaning 5
The number one, primarily used in Scotland and Ulster
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noun
Meaning 6
the dark negative feminine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the interaction of yin and yang maintains the harmony of the universe
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: yang
Broader terms: principle, rule
History
Etymology
From the romanization of various Chinese characters.
A borrowing of Chinese 陰山/阴山 (Yīnshān)
From Mandarin 殷 (Yīn).
From early romanizations of Chinese 陰/阴 (yīn), originally used in reference to shaded areas, as of a mountain or home.
From ān. Doublet of yan, yen, ane and one.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 陰 /阴 (yīn) — essential female principle
- German: Yin — essential female principle
- Hungarian: jin — essential female principle
- Japanese: 陰 (in) — essential female principle
- Korean: 음 — essential female principle
- Manchu: ᡝ (e) — essential female principle
- Persian: یین (yin) — essential female principle
- Russian: инь (inʹ) — essential female principle
- Swedish: yin — essential female principle
- Ukrainian: їнь (jinʹ) — essential female principle
- Vietnamese: âm — essential female principle