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ChinEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
ChinEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
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).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗ChinEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
The atonal Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 晉 /晋 (Jìn).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗ChinEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
The irregular romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 秦 (Qín).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗ChinEnglish (en) · Etymology 6Source text
From Burmese ချင်း (hkyang:).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗chinEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English chyn, from Old English ċinn (“chin”), from Proto-West Germanic *kinnu, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz (“chin”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“chin, jaw”). Compare West Frisian/Dutch kin, Low German/German Kinn, Danish kind, Icelandic kinn, Welsh gen, Latin gena, Tocharian A śanweṃ, Ancient Greek γένυς (génus, “jaw”), Armenian ծնոտ (cnot), Persian چانه (čâne), Sanskrit हनु (hánu). Doublet of gena.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗chinEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Shortening of chinchilla.
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