different between nin vs qin

English

Etymology

Probably derived from Welsh nain (“grandmother”), but see also Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?n/
• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

nin (plural nins)

1. (dialect, Liverpudlian) Affectionate name for a grandmother.

Synonyms

• nan, nana, nanna

Anagrams

• INN, NNI, inn

Abinomn

Noun

nin

1. food

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• nine, nüün

Etymology

From Middle High German niun, from Old High German niun, from Proto-Germanic *newun. Cognate with German neun, Dutch negen, English nine, Icelandic níu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nin/

Numeral

nin

1. (Alsatian) nine

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñin (conjunction)

Conjunction

nin

1. neither, nor, (not) either

Interjection

nin

1. right? (used as a kind of tag question)

Bikol Central

Preposition

nin

1. of; Expressing possession.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?nin/

Noun

nin m (plural nins, feminine nina)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of nen

Further reading

• “nin” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “nin” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “nin” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nin” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Esperanto

Etymology

Esperanto first person plural pronoun ni + accusative/objective case ending -n.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

nin

1. accusative of ni

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese nen, nin, from Latin nec (“nor; and not”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni?/

Conjunction

nin

1. nor
2. neither

Derived terms

• nin que

Adverb

nin

1. not even

References

• “nin” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “nin” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “nin” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “nin” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “nin” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nin/

Adverb

nin

1. in

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Japanese

Romanization

nin

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Mandarin

Romanization

nin (Zhuyin ????)

1. Nonstandard spelling of nín.
2. Nonstandard spelling of n?n.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle English

Numeral

nin

1. Alternative form of nyne

Somali

Noun

nin ?

1. man

Volapük

Noun

nin (nominative plural nins)

1. contents

Declension

English

Etymology

From Mandarin ? (qín).

Pronunciation

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

qin (plural qins)

1. (music) Any of several traditional Chinese musical instruments, most commonly the seven-stringed instrument more specifically called the guqin.
   • 1989, Zhongguo fu li hui, Chung-kuo fu li hui, China Reconstructs

     ... there was no longer anyone worth playing his qin for, so he broke his instrument and never played again. The guqin was also a means of expressing love.

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

Mandarin

Romanization

qin

1. Nonstandard spelling of q?n.
2. Nonstandard spelling of qín.
3. Nonstandard spelling of q?n.
4. Nonstandard spelling of qìn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.