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Ying

//ˈjɪŋ// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

    "That account belongs to Li Ying, a Chinese artist turned dissident in Italy who rose to prominence in 2022 for live-tweeting the nationwide protests in China against Xi’s zero-Covid policy."

  2. 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. 3
    ancient city in Hubei, China, a former capital of the state of Chu. historical
  4. 4
    Synonym of Cheng, ancient city and former state in Shaanxi, China. historical
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of ching (“knife”). Multicultural-London-English, also, alt-of, alternative, reduplication, slang

    "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
  1. 1
    Alternative form of ching (“to stab”). Multicultural-London-English, alt-of, alternative, slang

    "Swing it, ying it, Hit man’s chest T-deadly"

Etymology

From Borrowed from Chinese, mainly Chinese 應 /应 and Chinese 郢 (Yǐng).

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