yin
/jɪn/
yin noun: a principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with dark, cool, female, etc. elements of the natural world.
Noun
yin (uncountable)
- A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with dark, cool, female, etc. elements of the natural world.
- "Steamed fish and chicken and vegetable soup and even mushrooms are considered cooling foods, edible materializations of the yang, the pure primal air. The yin, or earth element, inheres in fried dishes and especially in shark's fin soup. Am I right, Mr Lee?"1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 187
- 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 of yin (cold). When yin (cold) and yang (hot) are out of balance, your body will suffer...2017 January 8, Leslie Hsu Oh, “I tried the Chinese practice of ‘sitting the month’ after childbirth”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Jan 2017, Health & Science
Numeral
yin
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Yin
Yin (plural Yins)
- A surname.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Yin
Yin
Proper noun (3) capitalized: Yin
Yin
- an alternative name for the Shang dynasty
yin meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
yin in Hindi
- यिन, यीन
yin in Tamil
- யின்
yin in Marathi
- यिन, यीन
yin in Urdu
- ین
More languagesFewer languages
- yin in Bengali
- ইয়িন
- yin in Telugu
- యిన్, యీన్
- yin in Malayalam
- യിൻ, യീൻ
- yin in Kannada
- ಯಿನ್, ಯೀನ್
- yin in Punjabi
- ਯਿਨ, ਯੀਨ
- yin in Gujarati
- યીન, યિન
- yin in Odia
- ଯ଼ିନ୍, ଯ଼ିନ
- yin in Nepali
- यिन, यीन
- yin in Persian
- یین yin
- yin in Vietnamese
- âm
Examples of yin in a sentence
- When yin (cold) and yang (hot) are out of balance, your body will suffer physical disorders.
- In addition, ectomorphic or very thin, nervous people may be constitutionally yin vacuitous from birth.
- When you lose blood, you lose chi, and this causes your body to go into a state of yin (cold).
Forms of yin
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | yn |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Yins |
Origin of yin
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.
From the romanization of various Chinese characters.
Phrases with yin
Words that rhyme with yin
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- chin
- Flynn
- bin
- Quinn
- sin
- tin
- Bryn
- corinne
- inn
- din
- Finn
- grin
- kin
- lin
- linn
- unpin
- Benin
- min
- shin
- violin
- wherein
- within
- akin
- been
- begin
- brin
- chin-chin
- hin
- lyn
- mandolin
- whin
- zoom in
- agin
- agrin
- Arabian jasmine
- blin
- djinn
- Douyin
- edge in
- gimme some skin
- glyn
- herein
- jinn
- Karin
- kissing kin
- lecithin
- Nguyen
Questions about yin
- What does yin mean?
- Yin means a principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with dark, cool, female, etc. elements of the natural world.
- What is yin in Hindi?
- Yin in Hindi is यिन, यीन. See Yin meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is yin?
- Yin can be a noun, a numeral or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce yin?
- Yin is pronounced /jɪn/.
Words near yin in the dictionary
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