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# yin

noun (yin; uncountable; usually in «yin and yang»)

«yin» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (Chinese philosophy) Yin is the dark, cool, quiet, soft side in the old Chinese idea of yin and yang: two opposite forces that balance each other in everything. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yin/#m1)
2. (Mandarin, pinyin) «yīn» is a Chinese syllable with several meanings, for example «shady, cloudy» or «sound». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yin/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in lessons on world beliefs and Chinese culture, and in everyday talk: «they are the yin and yang of the team» means they are opposites that fit together. The yin-yang symbol is a circle of black and white parts.

### Examples

- Yin and yang show how opposites balance each other. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yin/#x1)
- In the symbol, yin is the dark part and yang is the light part. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yin/#x2)
- Night is linked with yin, and day with yang. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yin/#x3)
- The twins are the yin and yang of our class: one quiet, one loud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yin/#x4)
- Each half of the yin-yang symbol has a small dot of the other colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yin/#x5)
- The teacher explained yin and yang in our lesson about China. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yin/#x6)

### Note

A loanword from Mandarin Chinese, pronounced like English «yin» (rhymes with «tin»). Almost always paired: «yin and yang». In Scotland «yin» can also be dialect for «one» («that wee yin»).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «yin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yin/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«yin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/yin.html) on Mova free.