Yin or YIN may refer to:
*the dark force in the
yin and yang
Originating in Chinese philosophy, yin and yang (, ), also yinyang or yin-yang, is the concept of opposite cosmic principles or forces that interact, interconnect, and perpetuate each other. Yin and yang can be thought of as complementary an ...
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 prov ...
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Yīn (surname 陰)
Yīn ( trad. , simp. 阴) is a Chinese surname. It is Romanized as Im in Min Nan and Yam in Cantonese. According to a 2013 study, it was the 390th most common name in China; it was shared by 39,000 people, or 0.0067% of the population, being mos ...
, a Chinese surname
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Yǐn (surname)
Yin () is a Chinese surname. In 800 BCE, Bo Jifu, a renowned judge during the reign of King Xuan of Zhou, held the position of Yin (equivalent to First Minister or most favored Minister) and changed his name to Yin Jifu. During the era of the Imp ...
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Yìn (surname)
Yin (印) is a Chinese surname meaning "stamp" or "seal". According to a 2013 study, it was the 355th most common name in China; it was shared by 121,000 people, or 0.0091% of the population, with the province with the most people being Jiangsu. ...
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Shang dynasty
The Shang dynasty (), also known as the Yin dynasty (), was a Chinese royal dynasty that ruled in the Yellow River valley during the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and followed by the Western Zhou d ...
, also known as the Yin dynasty
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Yinxu
Yinxu (; ) is a Chinese archeological site corresponding to Yin, the final capital of the Shang dynasty (). Located in present-day Anyang, Henan, Yin served as the capital during the Late Shang period () which spanned the reigns of 12 Shang ki ...
or Yin, the Shang dynasty capital now in ruins
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Yin (Five Dynasties period)
The Yin (), officially the Great Yin (大殷), was a short-lived Empire during China's Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period which lasted from 907 to 960 and bridged the time between the fall of the Tang dynasty and the foundation of the Song dyn ...
, a short-lived kingdom during China's Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
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Yin Mountains
The Yin Mountains, also known by their Chinese name as the Yin Shan or Yinshan and by various romanizations as the Daqing Mountains, are mountains in the Eastern Gobi Desert steppe of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of China. The Yellow Riv ...
, 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)
The post of prime minister (), translated as prime minister or chancellor, was an official government position established in the Chu state during the Spring and Autumn period
The Spring and Autumn period () was a period in History of China, ...
, known in Chinese as Lingyin.
*YIN, the IATA code for
Yining Airport
Ili Yining International Airport is an airport serving Yining (Ghulja), the capital of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
Facilities
The airport is at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 06/2 ...
, Xinjiang, China
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