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→Proper noun: {{rfv-sense|en}} Chin is not listed on the Chen and Ching pages as an alternate form, yet one of the senses for Chin is as an alternate form of Chen and Ching. Chin should appear on those two pages if it is really an alternate form of those two. Based on the bewildering overlap of transliterations and personal usages, I believe Chen and Ching could be alternately written as Chin. However, I don't understand the logic behind such an alternate form, nor am I familiar with the pri
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# {{surname|en|from=Chinese|nodot=1}} of [[Chinese]] origin:{{alt form|en|Chen}}, '''[[Ching]]''', &c.
# {{surname|en|from=Chinese|nodot=1}} of [[Chinese]] origin:{{alt form|en|Chen}}, '''[[Ching]]''', &c. {{rfv-sense|en}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} {{alt form|en|China|nodot=a}}.
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} {{alt form|en|China|nodot=a}}.
# {{alternative form of|en|Jin}} {{gloss|Chinese dynasty}}
# {{alternative form of|en|Jin}} {{gloss|Chinese dynasty}}

Revision as of 14:37, 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

  1. Lua error in Module:names at line 633: dot= and nodot= are no longer supported in Template:surname because a trailing period is no longer added by default; if you want it, add it explicitly after the template of Chinese origin:Alternative form of Chen, Ching, &c. (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  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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