ying
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪŋ
Noun
ying (plural yings)
- (MLE, slang, also reduplicated) Alternative form of ching (“knife”).
- 2021 February 28, SplashTheRipper, “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, “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)
- (MLE, slang) Alternative form of ching (“to stab”).
- 2021 February 28, SplashTheRipper, “Warya Warya”, 2:49–2:51:
- Swing it, ying it,
Hit man’s chest T-deadly
Anagrams
Mandarin
Romanization
ying
- nonstandard spelling of yīng
- nonstandard spelling of yíng
- nonstandard spelling of yǐng
- 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
- alternative form of yong