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ying¹

  • /ˈjɪŋ/

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noun yings

  1. Multicultural London English, also, alternative, reduplication, slang Alternative form of ching (“knife”). Swing my ying-ying, tryna turn man history Masking my face, so I’m so mystery […] Put rips in his teeth like fashion Swing my ying-yang Tryna do him with a passion […] I’m trying to inch up my ying

verb yings · yinging · yinged

  1. Multicultural London English, alternative, slang Alternative form of ching (“to stab”). Swing it, ying it, Hit man’s chest T-deadly

Ying²

Where it comes from

From various romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciations of various Chinese names, including 應 /应 (Yīng or Yìng), 郢 (Yǐng), and 嬴 (Yíng).

proper noun Yings

  1. A surname from Mandarin. In present-day Mandarin, the First Emperor's real name is read as Ying Zheng.
  2. A county of Shuozhou, Shanxi, China. The Liao were responsible for building the tallest and oldest extant wooden pagoda, the famous Timber Pagoda in Ying county, Shanxi.
  3. historical An ancient city in Hubei, China, a former capital of the state of Chu.
  4. historical Synonym of Cheng, ancient city and former state in Shaanxi, China.

    Similar: Cheng, ancient city and former state in Shaanxi, China

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Closest in meaning: rein, camp, film, wong, battalion, henry, movie, yong, lien, operator, operate, operating, operation, business, wing, copyright

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name Ying County; a surname

中文應 /应 Yīng or Yìng

name Surname of the rulers of Qin

中文嬴 Yíng

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@misc{ying_2026,
  title = {ying},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ying},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}