chin

See also: Chin, chín, chỉn, and -chin

English

Composer Ambrose Thomas with hand on chin (1).

Pronunciation

• enPR: chĭn, IPA^(key): /tʃɪn/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle English chyn, from Old English cin or ċinn (“chin”), 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 and Welsh gen, Latin gena, Tocharian A śanwem, Ancient Greek γένυς (génus) 'jaw', Armenian ծնոտ (cnot), Persian چانه (čâne), Sanskrit हनु (hánu).

Noun

chin (plural chins)

1. The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
   • 1876, "C" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 616:

     Our English ch (pronounced tch) for original c (as in chin for Old English cin, child for cild) is due probably to Norman influence, but here, as often, it is difficult to differentiate the results of the many disturbing causes which have operated upon our language.

2. (slang, US) Talk.
3. (slang, Britain) A lie, a falsehood.
4. (boxing, uncountable) The ability to withstand being punched in the chin without being knocked out.

Synonyms

• (central area of the jaw, below the mouth): mentum (anatomy)

Antonyms

• (boxing): See glass jaw

Derived terms

Terms derived from chin

• chin music
• chinstrap

• chin up
• chin-up

• double chin
• take something on the chin

Translations

bottom of a face

• Abaza: жа́гIв (žā́gIv), шIы́дзадза (šIə́ʒāʒā)
• Abkhaz: ацламҳәа (āclāmh°̍ā)
• Adyghe: жэкӏэпэпкъ (žăč̣̍ăpăpq)
• Afrikaans: ken
• Alabama: notakfa
• Albanian: mjekër (sq) f
• Alemannic German: Koi (Swiss), Kehn (Alsatian)
• Southern Altai: ээк (ääk)
• Amharic: ሸንጎበት (šängobät), አገጭ (ʾägäč̣)
• Arabic: ذَقْن‎ f (ḏaqn)

  Egyptian Arabic: دقن‎ (daʾn)

• Aragonese: mentón m, barbeta f
• Armenian: կզակ (hy) (kzak)
• Asturian: barbadiella (ast) f, cazu (ast) m
• Avar: нилъу (niłu)
• Aymara: k'achi
• Azeri: çənə (az)
• Bambara: bonbon
• Bashkir: эйәк (eyäk)
• Basque: kokots
• Bau Bidayuh: siraka
• Belarusian: падбаро́дак m (padbaródak), барада́ f (baradá) (also "beard")
• Bengali: চিবুক (cibuk)
• Berber:

  Central Atlas Tamazight: tamart, Template:timġt

• Breton: elgezh (br) f, chik (br) m
• Bulgarian: брада́ (bg) f (bradá)
• Burmese: မေးစေ့ (my) (me:ce.)
• Catalan: mentó m
• Chechen: чӀениг (čʿenig)
• Central Melanau: gaam
• Chamorro: åchai
• Chichewa: chigama
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 下扒 (haa⁶ paa⁴)

  Mandarin: 下巴 (zh) (xiàba), 頷 (zh), 颔 (zh) (hàn), 下巴頦 (zh), 下巴颏 (zh) (xiàbakē)

• Chuvash: янах (janah)
• Coptic: ⲙⲟⲣⲧ f (mord, mort)
• Cornish: elgeth f
• Corsican: méntu m
• Cree:

  Plains: ᒥᑖᐱᐢᑲᐣ (mitâpiskan), ᒥᑳᐧᐢᑯᓀᐤ (mikwâskonêw), ᒥᑳᐧᐢᑯᓀᐃᐧᑲᐣ (mikwâskonêwikan)

• Czech: brada (cs) f
• Danish: hage (da) c
• Dakota: iku
• Dzongkha: མ་མཁལ (ma mkhal)
• Dutch: kin (nl)
• Egyptian:

  Old Egyptian:

  jnꜥ

  Middle and Late Egyptian:

  ꜥnꜥn

• Emilian: gagia f
• Erzya: уло (ulo)
• Esperanto: mentono (eo)
• Estonian: lõug
• Evenki: дег (ʒeg)
• Ewe: egla
• Faroese: høka f
• Finnish: leuka (fi), alaleuka (fi)
• French: menton (fr) m

  Old French: menton m

• Friulian: barbuč m, barbìn m
• Gagauz: çenä
• Galician: queixo (gl) m
• Georgian: ნიკაპი (niḳaṗi)
• German: Kinn (de) n

  Central Franconian: Kenn

• Greek: σαγόνι (el) n (sagóni), πηγούνι (el) n (pigoúni)

  Ancient: ἀνθερεών m (anthereṓn)

• Guaraní: tañykãpy
• Haitian Creole: manton
• Hausa: haɓā̀ f
• Hebrew: סַנְטֵר‎ (he) (santér)
• Hindi: ठुड्डी (hi) f (ṭhuḍḍī), चिबुक (hi) f (cibuk), ठोड़ी (hi) f (ṭhoṛī)
• Hungarian: áll (hu)
• Iban: dagu
• Icelandic: haka (is) f
• Ido: mentono (io)
• Indonesian: dagu (id)
• Ingush: чӀанг (čʿang)
• Interlingua: mento
• Interlingue: menton
• Inupiak: tavlu
• Iranun: baka'
• Irish: smig (ga) f
• Italian: mento (it) m
• Japanese: 頤 (ja) (おとがい, otogai), 顎 (ja) (あご, ago)
• Kabardian: жьэпкъ (ẑăpq̇)
• Kalmyk: өргн (örgn)
• Kapampangan: baba
• Karachay-Balkar: сакъал
• Karakalpak:

  Cyrillic: ийек, буғақ, алқым

  Glagolitic: ⰱⱃⰰⰴⰰ f (brada)

  Latin: iyek, bug'aq, alqım

• Karelian: leugu
• Kazakh: иек (ïek)
• Khakas: ээк (eek)
• Khmer: ចង្កា (km) (jonggaa)
• Kimaragang: roo
• Komi-Zyrian: тшöка (tšöka)
• Korean: 턱 (ko) (teok)
• Kumyk: сакъал тюп
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: zenî (ku)

  Sorani: چه‌ناگه‌‎

• Kyrgyz: ээк (éék)
• Ladin: barboz m (Cadorino dialect)
• Ladino: keshada
• Lak: лунттубакӀ (lunt̄ubakӀ)
• Lao: ຄາງ (lo) (khāng)
• Latin: mentum n
• Latvian: zods m

• Laz: ნუკუ (nuḳu), ჩენგე (čenge)
• Lezgi: чана (čana)
• Ligurian: mento m
• Lingala: mbángá, lombángá
• Lithuanian: smakras m
• Lojban: xejni'a
• Lombard: barbòs m, barbozz m
• Lotud: roo
• Low German: Kinn (nds) n
• Lower Sorbian: pódguba f
• Luxembourgish: Kënn m
• Macedonian: брада f (brada)
• Malagasy: saoka (mg)
• Malay: dagu, mentum
• Malayalam: താടി (ml) (tāṭi)
• Maltese: ilħit, geddúm m
• Manx: smeg f, smeggin m, smeggyl m
• Maori: kauwae
• Mapudungun: ketre
• Marathi: हनुवडी (hanuvaḍī)
• Mari: оҥылаш (oҥylaš)
• Mirandese: queixo m
• Moksha: ула (ula)
• Mon: သၟိပ် (həmɛp)
• Mongolian: эрүү (mn) (erüü)
• Neapolitan: varva f, sguéssera f
• Nanai: сэсхэ
• Nahuatl: tenchalli
• Navajo: ayaatsʼiin
• Ngazidja Comorian: ilevu class 7/8
• Norman: moton m (Jersey)
• Norwegian: hake (no)
• Nottoway-Meherrin: ochag
• Occitan: menton (oc) m
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: брада f (brada)

• Old East Slavic: борода f (boroda)
• Old English: ċinn n

  Middle English: chin

• Ossetian: роцъо (roc’o), зекъæ (zek’æ) (Digor)
• Ottoman Turkish: چانه‎ (çâne), زقن‎ (zekan)
• Pashto: زنه‎ (ps) (zana)
• Persian: چانه‎ (fa) (čâne), چکن‎ (fa) (čakan)
• Piedmontese: manton m
• Plautdietsch: Kjen (Palatine)
• Polish: podbródek (pl) m, broda (pl) f
• Portuguese: queixo (pt) m, mento (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਠੋੜੀ (ṭhoṛī)
• Quechua: k'aki, qhaqlli
• Romani: falka
• Romanian: bărbie (ro) f
• Romansch: mintun m
• Rungus: ro'o
• Russian: подборо́док (ru) m (podboródok), борода́ (ru) f (borodá) (normally "beard")
• Rwanda-Rundi: akananwa, uru-sakanwa
• Sabah Bisaya: ajai, rowoh
• Sanskrit: चिबुकम् (cibukam)
• Sardinian: baédhu m, fabedhu m
• Scottish Gaelic: smiogaid m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: брада f, подбрада f, подваљак m, подбрадак m

  Roman: brada (sh) f, podbrada f, podvaljak (sh) m, podbradak (sh) m

• Sicilian: varvarottu (scn) m, babbarottu (scn) m
• Sinhalese: නිකට (nikaṭa)
• Slovak: brada (sk) f
• Slovene: brada (sl) f
• Somali: gar
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: broda f

• Sotho: seledu class 7/8
• Spanish: barbilla (es) f, mentón (es) m, pera (es) f
• Sranan Tongo: kowru
• Sumerian: te, de4, sun4, sum4, sùl, su6
• Sundanese: angkeut (su)
• Swahili: tawa, kidevu (sw)
• Swedish: haka (sv) c
• Tabasaran: ккалккам (k̄alk̄am), чене (čene)
• Tagal Murut: jaa
• Tagalog: baba (tl)
• Tajik: манаҳ (tg) (manah), чона (čona), занах (zanax), зақан (zaqan)
• Takia: awa-n to-n
• Tambunan Dusun: roo
• Tamil: நாடி (ta) (nāṭi)
• Taos: ȍdénemą
• Tatar: ияк (tt) (iyak)
• Telugu: గడ్డం (te) (gaḍḍaṃ), చుబుకం (te) (cubukaṃ)
• Thai: คาง (th) (kaang)
• Tibetan: ཀོ་ཀོ (ko ko), ཨོག་མ (og ma)
• Tigrinya: መንከስ (ti) (mänkäs)
• Timugon Murut: salura
• Tswana: seledu
• Turkish: çene (tr)
• Turkmen: eňek
• Tuvan: сегел (sägäl)
• Uyghur: كەڭېئ‎ (kengë')
• Ukrainian: підборі́ддя n (pidboríddja), борода́ (uk) f (borodá) (also "beard")
• Urdu: ٹھڈی‎ f (ṭhuḍḍī), چبک‎ f (cibuk), ٹھوڑی‎ f (ṭhoṛī)
• Uzbek: iyak (uz)
• Venetian: sbèssola f, barbizuòlo m
• Vietnamese: cằm (vi)
• Volapük: cün (vo)
• Võro: lõug
• Walloon: minton (wa) m
• Welsh: gên (cy) f
• West Coast Bajau: ajei, langgar
• West Frisian: kin (fy)
• Winnebago: hiirap
• Woiwurrung: ngurnduk
• Wolof: sikim (wo)
• Xhosa: isilevu
• Yakut: сэҥийэ (seŋiye)
• Yoruba: ìgbọn, àgbọ̀n
• Yucatec Maya: k'ono'ch
• Yiddish: גאָמבע‎ f (gombe)
• Zulu: isilevu (zu) class 7/8
• ǃXóõ: dzàni

Verb

chin (third-person singular simple present chins, present participle chinning, simple past and past participle chinned)

1. (slang, intransitive) To talk.
2. To perform a chin-up.
3. (Britain, transitive) To punch (someone)'s chin (part of the body).

Synonyms

• (talk (slang)): gab

Etymology 2

Shortening of chinchilla.

Noun

chin (plural chins)

1. (affectionate) a chinchilla.

Anagrams

• ichn-, inch

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• chinu, kinu

Etymology

From Latin pīnus. Compare Daco-Romanian pin.

Noun

chin

1. pine

See also

• brad

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Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin canem, accusative singular of canis.

Noun

chin

1. dog

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Japanese

Romanization

chin

1. Rōmaji transcription of ちん
2. Rōmaji transcription of チン

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Navajo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʃʰɪ̀n]

Noun

chin

1. grime, filth, body dirt

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from Hungarian kín.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [cin]

Noun

chin n (plural chinuri)

1. torture, pain

Declension

declension of chin

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) chin	chinul	(niște) chinuri	chinurile
genitive/dative	(unui) chin	chinului	(unor) chinuri	chinurilor
vocative	chinule		chinurilor

Synonyms

• durere

Derived terms

• a chinui

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Spanish

Noun

chin m (plural chines)

1. (Dominican Republic, slang) small amount

   Dame un chin de café.

   Give me a little coffee.

References

• Orlando Alba, Cómo hablamos los dominicanos, Santo Domingo, Amigo del Hogar, 2003. (full text)