Yin

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Yin or YIN may refer to:

  • the dark force in the yin and yang from traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine
  • Yīn (surname) (), a Chinese surname
  • Yīn (陰) (surname)Yīn (陰) (surname) [yue] (), a Chinese surname 
  • Yǐn (surname) (), a Chinese surname
  • Yìn (surname) (), a Chinese surname
  • Shang dynasty, also known as the Yin dynasty
    • Yinxu or Yin, the Shang dynasty capital now in ruins
  • Yin (Five Dynasties period), a short-lived kingdom during China's Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
  • 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
  • YIN, the IATA code for Yining Airport, Xinjiang, China