jin
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[edit] English
[edit] Noun
jin (plural jins)
- Alternative spelling of djinn.
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Irish
[edit] Noun
jin m.
[edit] Declension
- Fourth declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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[edit] Japanese
[edit] Noun
jin (hiragana じん)
- 陣: battle formation
- 仁: compassion
- 壬: 9th sign of the Chinese calendar
- 尋: fathom
- 尽: Abbreviation of 尽日.
- ジン: gin
[edit] Kurdish
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.
[edit] Noun
jin
[edit] Mandarin
[edit] Romanization
jin
[edit] Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.