chin

Definitions

1. The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
2. beard
3. A chinchilla.
   informal
4. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
5. A surname from Chinese.
6. A tribe in Myanmar.
   plural, plural-only
7. A state of Myanmar.
8. Talk.
   US, slang
9. Synonym of Zo (“a language of Myanmar”).
10. A lie, a falsehood.
    British, slang
11. beardy, bearded man
12. A person of the upper class.
    British, slang
13. the part of an old man (in a play)
14. The ability to withstand being punched in the chin without being knocked out.
    uncountable
15. the villain (of a play)
16. The lower part of the front of an aircraft, below the nose.
17. The bottom part of a mobile phone, below the screen.

Equivalents

81 more languages

Afrikaansken

العربيةالذقندقنذقنشجرلحي+ 2 more

Azərbaycan diliçənə

Беларускаябарадападбаро́дак

Българскибрада

বাংলাচিবুক

བོད་སྐད།ཀོ་ཀོཨོག་མ

Bosanskibababradabradetinabrodačamceneperapodbradakбрадабрадетина+ 7 more

Catalàmentó

Češtinabrada

Cymraeggên

Danskhage

Ελληνικάπηγούνιπιγούνιπώγωναςσαγόνι+ 1 more

Esperantomentono

Eestilõug

Euskarakokots

فارسیچانهزنخ

Suomialaleukaleuka

Gaeilgesmig

Gàidhligsmiogaid

Galegobarbaqueixo

Hausahaɓa

עבריתסנטר

हिन्दीचिबुकठुड्डीठोड़ीदाढ़ीसेब+ 2 more

Hrvatskibababradabradetinabrodačamceneperapodbradakбрадабрадетина+ 7 more

Magyaráll

Հայերենկզակ

Bahasa Indonesiadagujanggut

Íslenskahaka

Italianomento

日本語おとがい三才頤頦顎+ 2 more

ქართულინიკაპი

Қазақ тіліиек

ភាសាខ្មែរចង្កា

한국어頤턱

Kurdîcamçenegenkinpêra+ 2 more

Кыргызчаээк

Latinacapseummentum

LëtzebuergeschKënn

Lingálaebekumbanga

ລາວຄາງ

Lietuviųsmakras

Latviešuzods

Malagasysaoka

Te Reo Māorikauwae

Македонскибрада

മലയാളംതാടി

Монголэрүү

Bahasa Melayudagu

Maltigeddumlħit

မြန်မာချင်းမေးစေ့

नेपालीचिउँडो

Nederlandskin

Polskibrodapodbródek

پښتوزنه

Portuguêsmentoqueixo

Românăbărbie

Русскийбородаподбородок

Slovenčinabrada

Slovenščinabrada

Soomaaligadh

Shqipmjekër

Српскиbababradabradetinabrodačamceneperapodbradakбрадабрадетина+ 7 more

Sesothoseledu

Svenskahaka

Kiswahilikidevu

தமிழ்நாடி

తెలుగుగడ్డం

ไทยคาง

ትግርኛመንከስ

Tagalogbaba

Setswanaseledu

Türkçeçene

Українськабородапідборі́ддя

اردوٹھڈیٹھوڑیچبک

Tiếng Việtcam

isiXhosaisilevu

Yorùbáagbọn

中文下巴下巴頦 /下巴颏頷 /颔

繁體中文下巴

isiZuluisilevu

Examples

“What does it mean⟳ to have⟳ a pointy chin instead of a flat chin?”

“To paint⟳ chins of aircraft”

“In the cleft of the aircraft's chin is a small turret for a forward-looking infrared (FLIR) "eyeball" that will enable MH-47E pilots to see⟳ clearly in complete⟳ darkness […]”

“Lockheed Martin's system is mounted behind a transparent, low-observable window blended into the aircraft's chin.”

“The phone's chin looks different from the rest⟳ of it.”

“The most amazing poems in human history are the Huêi-wên-tʻü or the revolving chart, by Lady Su Huêi, of the Chin Dynasty (265-419), and the Chʻien-tzŭ-wên, or thousand-character literature, by Chou Hsing-ssŭ, (fifth century a.d.)”

“The second significant feature in the development of Chinese literature is the immense influence⟳ of Buddhist literature on the development of every sphere of Chinese literature since the East Chin Period (A.D. 317).”

“Wang Tao, the head of a great northern family, emigrated to the south and there became the chief architect of the Eastern Chin dynasty, a regime noted for excellent calligraphy.”

“In the fourth year of the reign of the Emperor Hsiao Wu [r. 372-396] of the Chin Dynasty [265-420], Hsüeh Tao-hsün of An-lu County in the Chiang-hsia Commandery [in Hupeh Province] was twenty-two.”

“Oral tradition and archaeological evidence suggest⟳ the Chin were the earliest Tibeto-Burman group to come⟳ to the Chindwin Valley, a settlement process⟳ starting as early as the 4ᵗʰ century.”

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