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yin

1

[ yin ]

noun

  1. (in Chinese philosophy and religion) the negative, dark, and feminine principle, the counterpart of yang.


yin

2

[ yin ]

adjective

, Scot.
  1. one.

Yin

3

[ yin ]

noun

yin

/ jɪn /

determiner

  1. a Scot word for one
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of yin1

First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences

Victoria and Zoe Yin, who hail from Boston, were both deemed child prodigies at young ages.

You just have to find that yin of decency and locate the gestures and words that smother the yang of fear.

Nu Nu Yin, 30, left her accounting job in August to open Fantastic Inle Travel & Tours with her lover.

“Last year fishermen were real fishermen, now they are just for show, for tourists in the lake,” Yin says.

She was the yin to Indy's yang, the pepper to his salt, and the chemistry between them was palpable.

An' yet, mind ye, Smillie seemed to me to be a straight-forret man an' yin that was sincere.

She sells hersel' an' it's no worth while complainin' if the bargain turns oot a rotten yin.

Mag ay cried that it was best to mak' a splash aboot the things you did; but, by sirs, she has made yin this time.

He's a corker, wi' a face like yin o' they pented cupids that the lasses send to the young men on picture postcards.

Though his father was only a poor military officer, he could trace his descent from the imperial house of Yin.

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