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|passage=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.)}}


===Etymology 3===
===Etymology 3===

Revision as of 12:04, 31 March 2021

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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Chinese characters, typically in local dialects. As a name for China, see China.

Proper noun

Chin

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  2. (obsolete) Alternative form of China.
  3. Alternative form of Jin (Chinese dynasty)
    • 1967, Witter Bynner, transl., The Jade Mountain‎[1], Alfred A. Knopf, 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.)

Etymology 3

From Burmese ချင်း (hkyang:).

Proper noun

Chin

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

Translations

Translations

Anagrams

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hakka 陳／陈 (chén).

Proper noun

Chin

  1. a surname from Hakka

Japanese

Romanization

Chin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ちん
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