ying

See also: Ying, yíng, yìng, yīng, yǐng, and þing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Noun

ying (plural yings)

1. (MLE, slang, also reduplicated) Alternative form of ching (“knife”)
   • 2021 February 28, SplashTheRipper (lyrics and music), “Warya Warya”, 1:18–1:21 and 2:18–2:21 and 2:35:

     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

   • 2021 August 17, TStackz & Kapz (lyrics and music), “BGB”‎^[1], 1:21–1:27:

     The man just comin so fast
     They all like some fucking athletes
     Got me screaming “where is your ying?”
     Like Imma tryna get you in the backstreets

Verb

ying (third-person singular simple present yings, present participle yinging, simple past and past participle yinged)

1. (MLE, slang) Alternative form of ching (“to stab”)
   • 2021 February 28, SplashTheRipper (lyrics and music), “Warya Warya”, 2:49–2:51:

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

Anagrams

• iyng

Mandarin

Romanization

ying

1. Nonstandard spelling of yīng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of yíng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of yǐng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of yìng.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

Adjective

ying

1. Alternative form of yong