Crossword clues for yin
yin
- Taoist force
- Yang complement
- Dark principle, in Chinese philosophy
- Yang's flip side
- Passive force
- Other side of yang
- Half a cosmic whole
- Counterpart of Yang
- -- and yang
- ____ and yang
- Yang's kin
- The feminine side
- The dark side, in Eastern philosophy
- Taoist complement
- Passive aspect
- Partner of yang
- One of two complementary Asian forces
- Negative Chinese principle
- Literally, "shady side"
- It's seen in Chinese circles
- Half of an ancient Chinese symbol
- Half of a Chinese symbol
- Feng-shui consideration
- Feminine principle in Chinese philosophy (the opposite of yang)
- Feminine Chinese principle
- Female force
- Darker side of nature
- Dark side of philosophy
- Dark side of Eastern religion
- Dark side of a circle
- Dark half of a Taoist symbol
- Dark half
- Dark Chinese principle
- Chinese cosmic principle
- Chinese concept
- Black side of a circle, in Chinese philosophy
- ___-yang symbol
- ___ and yang (counterparts on a Chinese symbol)
- The dark side?
- Negative, in Chinese philosophy
- Yang's counterpart in Chinese philosophy
- Dark half of a Chinese circle
- The feminine side, in Chinese circles
- Negative side
- Yang's opposite
- Half of a familiar Chinese duo
- Passive principle of Chinese philosophy
- Yang's complement
- Negative principle
- Dark side of China
- Feminine side
- Part of a philosophical dichotomy
- Dark force, in Chinese philosophy
- Half of the tai chi symbol
- Yang's go-with
- ___ and yang (halves of a Chinese symbol)
- One of two opposing forces
- Moon, in Chinese
- Female half
- Dark side?
- Island in Pacific W.W. II fighting
- Counterpart to 22-Across
- Yang's partner
- Female principle, in Chinese philosophy
- Yang's companion
- Feminine force in Chinese philosophy
- Opposite of yang
- Complement to yang
- Yang counterpart
- Chinese principle
- Feminine principle of Chinese philosophy
- Yang partner
- Yang go-with
- Yang's mate
- Half of an eternal balance
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Yin \Yin\, n. A Chinese weight of 22/3 pounds.
Yin \Yin\, n. (Chinese philosophy) one of the two fundamental principles. See yin and yang.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
feminine or negative principle in Chinese philosophy, 1670s, from Chinese (Mandarin) yin, said to mean "female, night, lunar," or "shade, feminine, the moon." Compare yang. Yin-yang is from 1850.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. (label en philosophy) A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with dark, cool, female, etc. elements of the natural world. Etymology 2
num. The number one, primarily used in Scotland and Ulster
WordNet
n. the dark negative feminine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology; "the interaction of yin and yang maintains the harmony of the universe" [ant: yang]
Wikipedia
Yin may refer to:
- Yin and yang, the dark force complementing yang in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine
- Yīn (surname) (殷), a Chinese surname
- Yǐn (surname) (尹), a different Chinese surname
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Shang dynasty, also known as the Yin dynasty
- Yinxu or Yin, the Shang dynasty capital now in ruins
- Yin (Ten Kingdoms), a short-lived kingdom during China's Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period
- Yin Mountains, a mountain range in Inner Mongolia and Hebei province in China
- yin (office) (, yǐn), an office of early China sometimes equivalent to prime minister and sometimes to governor
Yin is a Chinese surname. In 800 BCE, Bo Jifu, a renowned judge during the reign of Zhou Xuan Wang, held the position of Yin (equivalent to First Minister, most favored Minister, or Lord Protector), and changed his name to Yin Jifu. During the era of the Imperial Examination System, three other magistrates took on the surname Yǐn (尹) to denote their Imperial rank and favoured status.
The Korean surname Yoon and the Vietnamese surname Doãn are derived from Yin and traditionally written in the same Chinese character.
Yīn (; literally "flourishing" and "blood red") is a rare Chinese surname.
The Yin was a short-lived kingdom during China’s Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period which lasted from 907 to 960 and bridged the time between the fall of the Tang Dynasty and the foundation of the Song Dynasty.
Usage examples of "yin".
Peering through the narrow slit between two hangings, he saw the headless yellow body with a scarlet cincture, which identified it as that of Yin Yin.
He thought for a moment that Guan Yin, the goddess of mercy, might have interceded on their behalf and sent the Ghost to a watery death.
He nodded at the emblems that had told him that she indeed followed feng shui diligently: an ostentatious bracelet of nine Chinese coins, a pin in the likeness of the homely goddess Guan Yin and a scarf with black fish on it.
I closed my eyes and prayed to Guan Yin, the goddess of mercy, the bodhisattva of compassion.
I could negotiate with the spirits: Guan Yin and the Mother of Mothers or the odd little spirit who had appeared in my dream.
Chinese coins, a pin in the likeness of the homely goddess Guan Yin and a scarf with black fish on it.
It was a pale lilac with the pictogram of the Yin family in green in one comer.
It was a pale lilac with the pictogram of the Yin family in green in one corner.
Now Threnody drew out one of the white objects Magician Yin had given me.
For an archetypal force indeed moved through him with his cock at her throttle or his hands on the wheel, the Faustian yang to her feminine yin.
More than fifteen years went by before Yin fell and Chou Hsin was thankfully slaughtered.
And although ambigrams were common in symbology-swastikas, yin yang, Jewish stars, simple crosses-the idea that a word could be crafted into an ambigram seemed utterly impossible.
She kept a mix of Rhode Island Reds (which were good egg layers), little bantams (which fared better on the edge of Elfhome's wilderness), and a mated pair of gray geese called Yin and Yang (that acted more like watchdogs than birds).
Tung Yin was goin’ to double-cross Kang Woon and Clanry and Miss Worley double-crossed Tung Yin, but I betcha they look funny when they open that golden pipe case and find nothin’ in it but Bill's old pipe.
Our embassy has received word that the Ranger's support ships intend to conduct search and rescue operations for their downed crew members lost in the air battle last week-" "They will not be permitted to enter the Celebes Sea, " Admiral Yin said solemnly.