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yin
1[yin]
noun
(in Chinese philosophy and religion) the negative, dark, and feminine principle, the counterpart of yang.
yin
2[yin]
adjective
one.
Yin
3[yin]
noun
yin
/ ɪ /
determiner
a Scot word for one
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of yin1
Example Sentences
There is a yin and yang to that.
Seattle quarterback Geno Smith embodied the yin and yang of this wild game, throwing three beautiful touchdown passes but offsetting those with three interceptions.
“It’s well documented they were yin and yang, so it happened naturally. The deeper rooted he was, the more I could fly.”
"We see the yin and yang of human existence in the ancient Maya," Lentz said.
We grow up to discover there are names in every culture for that — yin and yang, the Apollonian and Dionysian, Vishnu and Shiva, thesis and antithesis, the law of contraries, the dialectic.
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