Chin

See also: chin, chín, chỉn, and -chin

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Chin

1. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.

Etymology 2

As a Chinese surname, a variant romanization of various Chinese characters, typically in local dialects. As a name for China, see China.

Proper noun

Chin

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of China.
2. A surname from Hakka.

Etymology 3

The atonal Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 晉／晋 (Jìn).

Proper noun

Chin

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of Jin: an ancient Chinese state and various medieval Chinese dynasties.
   • 1929, Witter Bynner, transl., The Jade Mountain‎^[1], Alfred A. Knopf, published 1967, →OCLC, page xxxvi:

     The most amazing poems in human history are the Huêi-wên-tʻü or the revolving chart, by Lady Su Huêi, of the Chin Dynasty (265-419), and the Chʻien-tzŭ-wên, or thousand-character literature, by Chou Hsing-ssŭ, (fifth century a.d.)

   • 1964, Lai Ming, A History of Chinese Literature‎^[2], New York: John Day Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3:

     The second significant feature in the development of Chinese literature is the immense influence of Buddhist literature on the development of every sphere of Chinese literature since the East Chin Period (A.D. 317).

   • 1979, Bradley Smith, Wan-go Weng, China: A History in Art‎^[3], Doubleday & Co., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 100–101:

     Wang Tao, the head of a great northern family, emigrated to the south and there became the chief architect of the Eastern Chin dynasty, a regime noted for excellent calligraphy.

   • 1985, Classical Chinese Tales of the Supernatural and the Fantastic: Selections from the Third to the Tenth Century‎^[4], Hong Kong: Joint Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 135:

     In the fourth year of the reign of the Emperor Hsiao Wu [r. 372-396] of the Chin Dynasty [265-420], Hsüeh Tao-hsün of An-lu County in the Chiang-hsia Commandery [in Hupeh Province] was twenty-two.

Etymology 4

From Burmese ချင်း (hkyang:).

Proper noun

Chin

1. A tribe in Myanmar.
2. A state of Myanmar
3. Synonym of Zo: a language of Myanmar.

Translations

Translations

• Burmese: ချင်းလူမျိုး (hkyang:lu-myui:), ချင်း (my) (hkyang:)
• Mon: ဂကူချေင်, ချေင် (hkyeng)
• Pa'o Karen: ချင်ꩻ (blk)
• Shan: ၶျၢင်း (shn) (khjáang)

Anagrams

• HNIC, NCHI, Inch, inch, ichn-

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French Chine.

Proper noun

Chin

1. China (a country in Asia)

Related terms

• chinwa
• Endochin

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• Tjhin

Etymology

From Hakka 陳／陈 (chén).

Proper noun

Chin

1. a surname from Hakka

Japanese

Romanization

Chin

1. Rōmaji transcription of ちん

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 陳／陈 (chén).

Proper noun

Chin

1. a surname from Chinese

   Datuk Chin Phui Kong, b. 1923

Descendants

• Translingual: chini