"Qian" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Qians [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Qians}} Qian (plural Qians)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Qian-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 乾 (Qián). Etymology templates: {{commonscat|Qian County}}, {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{bor|en|cmn|乾//|tr=Qián}} Mandarin 乾 (Qián) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Qian
  1. A county of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China. Categories (place): Counties of China, Places in China, Places in Shaanxi Translations (county): (Chinese Mandarin), (Qián) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-Qian-en-name-ki0OWvQo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Qian meaning in English (4.4kB)

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