yin
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Note: except for yín, object pronouns have a high tone following a low or mid tone monosyllabic verb, and a mid tone following a high tone. For complex verbs, the tone does not change.
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From early romanizations of Chinese 陰/阴 (yīn), originally used in reference to shaded areas, as of a mountain or home.
Noun[edit]
yin (uncountable)
- (philosophy) A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with dark, cool, female, etc. elements of the natural world.
- 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 187:
- "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?"
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
essential female principle
Etymology 2[edit]
From ān. Cognate with yan, yen, ane and one.
Numeral[edit]
yin
Anagrams[edit]
Aromanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin veniō. Compare Romanian veni, vin.
Verb[edit]
yin (third-person singular present indicative yini or yine, past participle vinitã or vinjitã or vinitã)
- I come.
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Latin vinum. Compare Romanian vin.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
yin n (plural yinuri)
Derived terms[edit]
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Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
yin
- Instructive plural form of yy.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
yin m (usually uncountable, plural yins)
Further reading[edit]
- “yin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Mandarin[edit]
Romanization[edit]
yin
- Nonstandard spelling of yīn.
- Nonstandard spelling of yín.
- Nonstandard spelling of yǐn.
- Nonstandard spelling of yìn.
Usage notes[edit]
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Middle English[edit]
Determiner[edit]
yin (subjective pronoun þou)
- Alternative form of þin (“thy”)
Pronoun[edit]
yin (subjective þou)
- (chiefly Northern and northern East Midland dialectal) Alternative form of þin (“thine”)
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
yin m (plural yines)
- Alternative form of djinn
Further reading[edit]
- “yin”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Yoruba[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Determiner[edit]
yín
- your (second-person plural or honorific possessive pronoun)
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Yoruba possessive pronouns
Pronoun[edit]
yín
- you (second-person plural object pronoun)
See also[edit]
Affirmative subject pronouns
Negative subject pronouns
Object pronouns
singular | plural or honorific | |
---|---|---|
1st person | mi | wa |
2nd person | ọ / ẹ | yín |
3rd person | [preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs] / ẹ̀ | wọn |
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