Qian
Qian proper noun: a surname.
Proper noun (1)
Qian (plural Qians)
- A surname.
Proper noun (2)
Qian
- A county of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.
- Based on their research we might venture to identify the wine-merchant in the Rietberg Museum as a member of one of the eastern Iranian city-states. He has an oval face, a pronounced hawk’s nose, deep-set, bulging eyes with bushy eyebrows separated by a deep vertical crease, and a broad mouth with...[1980, Helmut Brinker, Eberhard Fischer, Treasures from the Rietberg Museum, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 115, column 2
- In Qian county, Shaanxi-which until 1982 was classified as a chronically poor county - the guidelines laid down for commune leaders by county officials are as follows:[...]Thus in Team No. 3, Zhang Jia Bu Brigade, Qian Ling Commune of Qian county, there is 2.19 mou of collective land per head and...1984, Keith Griffin, “Epilogue: Rural China in 1983”, in Keith Griffin, editor, Institutional Reform and Economic Development in the Chinese Countryside, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 307
Examples of Qian in a sentence
- A head of a demolition company in Qian county, Shaanxi, said recycling demolition waste was a lucrative business.2010 June 19, “Recycling rakes in huge profits for demolition companies”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
- Earlier this year Zhang used the internet to help farmers in Qian county, Shaanxi, find buyers for 3,000 tonnes of pears that would otherwise have spoiled.2015 August 12, Tom Phillips, Luna Lin, “Fighting food waste: four stories from around the world”, in The Guardian, archived from the...
Forms of Qian
| plural | Qians |
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Origin of Qian
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 錢 /钱 (Qián).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 乾 (Qián).
Phrases with Qian
Questions about Qian
- What does Qian mean?
- Qian means a surname.
- How do you use Qian in a sentence?
- A head of a demolition company in Qian county, Shaanxi, said recycling demolition waste was a lucrative business.
- What part of speech is Qian?
- Qian is a proper noun.
Words near Qian in the dictionary
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