Yin may refer to:
*the dark force in the
yin and yang from traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine
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Yīn (surname)
Yīn () is a Chinese surname. It is derived from the name of the capital of the Shang dynasty. A 2013 study found that it was the 126th most common surname, being shared by 1,470,000 people or 0.110% of the population, with Jiangsu being the provi ...
(), a Chinese surname
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Yǐn (surname) (), a Chinese surname
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Shang dynasty, also known as the Yin dynasty
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Yinxu or Yin, the Shang dynasty capital now in ruins
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Yin (Five Dynasties period), a short-lived kingdom during China's Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
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Yin Mountains, a mountain range in Inner Mongolia and Hebei province in China
*Yin (, ''yǐn''), an office of early China sometimes equivalent to prime minister and sometimes to governor
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Prime minister (Chu State), known in Chinese as Lingyin.
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