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qiang

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables
qiang
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ethnic group in China, living mainly in a mountainous region in the northwestern part of Sichuan on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau.

noun

Any of various groups of people at different periods in ancient China, generally thought to have been of Tibetan-Burmese origin.

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 羌 (Qiāng).

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

Qiangic

Synonyms

qiangic qiangic language qiang language

Questions

What does qiang mean?
An ethnic group in China, living mainly in a mountainous region in the northwestern part of Sichuan on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau.
Where does qiang come from?
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 羌 (Qiāng).

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