Chin

Chin

1. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.

See China.

Chin

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (obsolete) Alternative form of China.

As a Chinese surname, a variant romanization of various Chinese characters, e.g. Hakka 陳／陈 (Chhṳ̀n), Taishanese 陳 / 陈 (cin³), Cantonese 錢／钱 (cin4), Mandarin 金 (Chin¹), and Mandarin 秦 (Chʻin²).

Chin

1. A surname from Chinese.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Chin is the 1279^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 27487 individuals. Chin is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (76.08%).

The atonal Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 晉 / 晋 (Jìn).^[1]

Chin

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of Jin: an ancient Chinese state and various medieval Chinese dynasties.
   • 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.

   • 1985, Classical Chinese Tales of the Supernatural and the Fantastic: Selections from the Third to the Tenth Century‎^[4], Hong Kong: Joint Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 135:

     In the fourth year of the reign of the Emperor Hsiao Wu [r. 372-396] of the Chin Dynasty [265-420], Hsüeh Tao-hsün of An-lu County in the Chiang-hsia Commandery [in Hupeh Province] was twenty-two.

From Mandarin 秦 (Qín) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻin².

Chin

1. Alternative form of Qin: an ancient Chinese state.

From Burmese ချင်း (hkyang:).

Chin pl (plural only)

1. A tribe in Myanmar.
   • 2021 December, Samson Alexander Lotven, “THE SOUND SYSTEMS OF ZOPHEI DIALECTS AND OTHER MARAIC LANGUAGES”, in Indiana University‎^[5], archived from the original on 7 March 2025, page 7:

     Oral tradition and archaeological evidence suggest the Chin were the earliest Tibeto-Burman group to come to the Chindwin Valley, a settlement process starting as early as the 4^th century.

Chin

1. A state of Myanmar.
2. Synonym of Zo (“a language of Myanmar”).

• HNIC, NCHI, Inch, inch, ichn-

From French Chine.

• IPA^(key): /ʃin/

Chin

1. China (a country in Asia)

• chinwa
• Endochin

• Tjhin

From Hakka 陳／陈 (chén).

Chin

1. a surname from Hakka

Chin

1. Rōmaji transcription of ちん

Borrowed from Chinese 陳／陈 (chén).

Chin

1. a surname from Chinese

   Datuk Chin Phui Kong, b. 1923

• Translingual: chini