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qiāng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qiāng | qiang1
English translation
Qiang nationality; surname

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About qiāng

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

qiāng

Contains the radical

Yáng

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Etymology of qiāng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

羊乚

Phonetic compound

Yáng

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Words with qiāng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
qiāng surname Qiang qiāng
羌族 Qiāng zú Qiang ethnic group, nowadays esp. in north Sichuan羌族 Qiāng zú
羌活 qiāng huó Notopterygium root (root of Notopterygium incisum)羌活 qiāng huó
羌笛 Qiāng dí Qiang flute羌笛 Qiāng dí
若羌 Ruò qiāng Chaqiliq nahiyisi or Ruoqiang county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 Bā yīn guō léng Měng gǔ Zì zhì zhōu [Bā​yīn​guō​léng​Měng​gǔ​Zì​zhì​zhōu], Xinjiang若羌 Ruò qiāng
阿坝藏族羌族自治州 Ā bà Zàng zú Qiāng zú zì zhì zhōu Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: rnga ba bod rigs cha'ng rigs rang skyong khul, formerly in Kham province of Tibet), northwest Sichuan, capital Barkam 馬爾康鎮|马尔康镇 Mǎ ěr kāng zhèn [Mǎ​'ěr​kāng​zhèn]阿壩藏族羌族自治州
若羌县 Ruò qiāng xiàn Chaqiliq nahiyisi or Ruoqiang county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 Bā yīn guō léng Měng gǔ Zì zhì zhōu [Bā​yīn​guō​léng​Měng​gǔ​Zì​zhì​zhōu], Xinjiang若羌縣
叶尔羌河 Yè ěr qiāng Hé Yarkant River in Xinjiang葉爾羌河
羌无故实 qiāng wú gù shí to have no basis in fact (idiom)羌無故實

qiāng Decomposition & Compounds

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