阴干 yīngān to dry in the shade Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents yīngān to dry in the shade 阴 陰 yīn noun shade shade; a place shaded from the sun; the back or reverse side of a physical object干 乾 gān particle to dry to become dry; to cause something to become dry; to exhaust or drink up a liquidyīngān even-numbered Heavenly Stems 阴 陰 yīn Yin (philosophy) the female, passive, or negative principle in nature (as opposed to Yang)干 乾 qián [the Qian trigram] the first of the eight trigrams, representing heaven; masculine; male; sovereign