: the feminine passive principle in nature that in Chinese cosmology is exhibited in darkness, cold, or wetness and that combines with yang to produce all that comes to be

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Pick between five styles—vinyasa, hatha, gentle, restorative, and yin—and curate a flow based on your experience level. Jenny McCoy, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2025 Stay after class or double up for a couple of classes (a flow followed by a yin, for example). Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 12 Feb. 2025 Its lavish tasting menu, a parade of intricate small plates, is a fine-dining yin to Chez Noir's bistro-esque yang. Lizbeth Scordo, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Nov. 2024 The guard and the center, pick-and-roll partners, also balanced each other perfectly emotionally, with Conley’s steady calm the yin to Gasol’s yang. John Hollinger, The Athletic, 7 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for yin

Word History

Etymology

Chinese (Beijing) yīn

First Known Use

1671, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of yin was in 1671

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“Yin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yin. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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