# chin

> English word · Noun · IPA /t͡ʃɪn/ · frequency rank #7,106

## Definitions
1. The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
2. Talk.
3. A lie, a falsehood.
4. A person of the upper class.
5. The ability to withstand being punched in the chin without being knocked out.
6. The lower part of the front of an aircraft, below the nose.
7. The bottom part of a mobile phone, below the screen.

## Etymology
From Middle English chyn, from Old English ċinn (“chin”), from Proto-West Germanic *kinnu, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz (“chin”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“chin, jaw”).
Compare West Frisian/Dutch kin, Low German/German Kinn, Danish kind, Icelandic kinn, Welsh gen, Latin gena, Tocharian A śanweṃ, Ancient Greek γένυς (génus, “jaw”), Armenian ծնոտ (cnot), Persian چانه (čâne), Sanskrit हनु (hánu). Doublet of gena.

## Easily confused with
- **ci** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chin-vs-ci)
- **CNN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chin-vs-cnn)
- **con** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chin-vs-con)
- **CIA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chin-vs-cia)
- **cis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chin-vs-cis)
- **chu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chin-vs-chu)
- **cho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chin-vs-cho)
- **CPI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chin-vs-cpi)
- **Civ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chin-vs-civ)
- **CSI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chin-vs-csi)
- **CID** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chin-vs-cid)
- **CHP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chin-vs-chp)
- **cit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chin-vs-cit)
- **CHR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chin-vs-chr)
- **cig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chin-vs-cig)
- **CRI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chin-vs-cri)
- **Cui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chin-vs-cui)
- **CIF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chin-vs-cif)
- **CIP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chin-vs-cip)
- **chip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chin-vs-chip)

## Common misspellings (6)
`cchin`, `chhin`, `chinn`, `chni`, `cihn`, `hcin`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/chin