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yins

yins is the plural of yin.

yins is the alternative spelling of yinz.

Meaning of yin

Noun

yin (uncountable)

  1. 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

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Meaning of yinz

Pronoun

yinz

  1. (Appalachia, Pennsylvania, US, Western, dialectal, especially) You.

Proper noun capitalized: Yins

Yins

  1. (plural) plural of Yin

Questions about yins

What is yins the plural of?
Yins is the plural of yin.
What part of speech is yins?
Yins is a proper noun.

Words near yins in the dictionary

  1. Yinnar South
  2. yinotherian
  3. yinotherians
  4. yinpterochiropteran
  5. yinpterochiropterans
  6. yins
  7. yintah
  8. Yintai
  9. yinyang
  10. yinyanghuo
  11. yinyangs

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