noun · My Body

shin

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The meaning (definition) of the word shin

the front part of your leg below the knee

The word shin used in a sentence

I bumped my shin when I fell off my bike.

The plural of the word shin

shins

How the word shin is said around the world

Frenchtibia (teebyah)
Spanishespinilla (ayspeeneelyah)
Mandarin (jìng)
Hindiपिंडली (peendlee)
Arabicشين (sheen)
Russianголень (golen')
Portuguese (EU)canela (kuhneluh)
Portuguese (BR)canela (kanela)
Japaneseすね (sune)
GermanSchienbein (sheenbyn)
Urduپنڈلی (punduhlee)
Punjabiਸ਼ਿਨ (shin)
Korean정강이 (jeonggangi)
Hebrewשׁוּקָה (shookah)
Greekκνήμη (kneme)
Dutchscheenbeen (skhaynbayn)
Tagalogbinti (beentee)
Vietnameseống chân (ohurng chuhn)
Turkishshin (shin)
Persianساق پا (sahk pah)
Polishgoleń (gawleny)
Ukrainianгомілка (homilka)
Bengaliশিন (sheen)
Swedishskenben (skhenbuhn)
Italianstinco (steenkoh)

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