"Yin" meaning in English

See Yin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Yins [plural]
Etymology: From the romanization of various Chinese characters. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Yins}} Yin (plural Yins)
  1. A surname. Categories (topical): Nobility
    Sense id: en-Yin-en-name-EMUC1F3L Disambiguation of Nobility: 11 42 47 Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: A borrowing of Chinese 陰山/阴山 (Yīnshān) Etymology templates: {{bor|en|zh|-}} Chinese, {{zh-l|陰山}} 陰山/阴山 (Yīnshān) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Yin
  1. A mountain range in northern China at the southeast end of the Gobi Desert. Categories (topical): Chinese dynasties, Nobility Categories (place): China
    Sense id: en-Yin-en-name-qm3mVUVP Disambiguation of Chinese dynasties: 3 76 22 Disambiguation of Nobility: 11 42 47 Disambiguation of China: 3 89 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 48 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 53 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

Etymology: From Mandarin 殷 (Yīn). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|殷|tr=Yīn}} Mandarin 殷 (Yīn) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Yin
  1. (historical) an alternative name for the Shang dynasty Tags: historical Categories (topical): Nobility
    Sense id: en-Yin-en-name-ZlnY-soa Disambiguation of Nobility: 11 42 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 48 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 53 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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