different between qin vs zin

English

Etymology

From Mandarin ? (qín).

Pronunciation

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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.

English

Alternative forms

• Zin

Etymology

Clipping of zinfandel.

Noun

zin (countable and uncountable, plural zins)

1. (informal) Zinfandel wine.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z?n/
• Hyphenation: zin
• Rhymes: -?n

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sin, from Old Dutch sin, from Proto-West Germanic *sinn.

Noun

zin m (plural zinnen, diminutive zinnetje n)

1. meaning, significance

   Synonym: betekenis

2. point, sense

3. (grammar) sentence

   Synonym: frase

4. sense (means of perceiving reality)

   Synonym: zintuig

5. sense, comprehension

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

6. desire, appetite; intention

   Synonyms: lust, trek, goesting

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sin

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

zin

1. first-person singular present indicative of zinnen
2. imperative of zinnen

Anagrams

• inz.

Latvian

Verb

zin

1. incorrect form of verb form zina

Matal

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [?ín]

Verb

zin

1. (intransitive) to smell

References

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French juin

Noun

zin

1. June

Middle Dutch

Noun

zin

1. Alternative spelling of sin

Yola

Etymology

From Old English sunne, from Proto-Germanic *sunn? (compare West Frisian sinne, Dutch zon), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh?wl? (“sun”).

Noun

zin

1. sun