Yin

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Yin may refer to:

• Yin and yang, the dark force complementing yang in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine
• Yīn (surname) (殷), a Chinese surname
• Yǐn (surname) (尹), a different Chinese surname
• Shang dynasty, also known as the Yin dynasty
  • Yinxu or Yin, the Shang dynasty capital now in ruins
• Yin (Ten Kingdoms), 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 (office) (尹, yǐn), an office of early China sometimes equivalent to prime minister and sometimes to governor

People

• Yin Chengzong, premier Chinese pianist and composer who arranged the Yellow River Concerto
• The Big Yin, nickname of Billy Connolly