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Yin vs Qin - What's the difference?

yin | qin |

As a proper noun qin is

an ancient feudal state of china that existed between 778 and 207 bc.

yin

English

Etymology 1

From early romanizations of Chinese , originally used in reference to shaded areas, as of a mountain or home. (yin)

Noun

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  • (label) A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with dark, cool, female, elements of the natural world.
    • Related terms
    * (complement) yang * (unity) yin-yang

    Etymology 2

    From , (m) and (m).

    Numeral

    (head)
  • The number one, primarily used in Scotland and Ulster
    • English cardinal numbers ----

    qin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music) seven-stringed classical Chinese zither that does not have a bridge, sometimes referred to as guqin where gu stands for ancient.
  • * 1989 , Zhongguo fu li hui, Chung-kuo fu li hui, China Reconstructs
    • ... there was no longer anyone worth playing his qin' for, so he broke his instrument and never played again. The ' guqin was also a means of expressing love.
  • * 2006 , Dana Standridge, Lessons in Essence: A Novel
    • He makes his qin' students take calligraphy with him, and calligraphy and painting students play the ' qin .
    English three-letter words English words containing Q not followed by U ----