chin
Spanish, noun/ˈt͡ʃin/
chin is spelled C-H-I-N (4 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 18,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chin is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “small amount” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cantidad pequeña o escasa”.
What does chin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesmall amount
Dame un chin de café.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cantidad pequeña o escasa.
interjection: 1. Expresa sorpresa o enfado. 2. Se usa para reforzar una afirmación o una exigencia.
interjection: 1. Voz usada en España para llamar al cerdo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chin
- chines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chin?
- /ˈt͡ʃin/
- [ˈt͡ʃĩn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chin in Spanish?
chin appears 2.8 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).