Chin

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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.

Etymology 3

From Mandarin (Jìn), Wade-Giles romanization: Chin⁴.[1]

Proper noun

Chin

  1. Alternative form of Jin (Chinese dynasty)
    • 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.

References

  1. ^ Jin dynasty, (Wade-Giles romanization) Ch’in, in Encyclopædia Britannica

Etymology 4

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.
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Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hakka (chén).

Proper noun

Chin

  1. a surname from Hakka

Japanese

Romanization

Chin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ちん