Qian

See also: Appendix:Variations of "qian"

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Qian (plural Qians)

1. A surname.

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 乾 (Qián).

Proper noun

Qian

1. A county of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.
   • [1980, Helmut Brinker, Eberhard Fischer, Treasures from the Rietberg Museum‎^[1], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 115, column 2:

     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 fleshy lips. His facial features are reminiscent of those of one of the three envoys anxiously waiting to be greeted by Chinese court officials in the painting on the east wall toward the mortuary chambers in Li Hsien’s or Prince Chang-huai’s (A.D 654-684) tomb at the imperial cemetery in present Ch’ien County, Shensi Province.]

   • 1984, Keith Griffin, “Epilogue: Rural China in 1983”, in Keith Griffin, editor, Institutional Reform and Economic Development in the Chinese Countryside‎^[2], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 307:

     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 we found that this land is indeed allocated on a 50-50 basis.

   • [1991, Hu Chang, “Impressions of Mainland China Carried Back by Taiwan Visitors”, in Ramon H. Myers, editor, Two Societies in Opposition: The Republic of China and the People's Republic of China after Forty Years‎^[3], Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 152:

     Shensi Province (including Sian)
     A returnee from Chien County said he had been received by the secretary of the county party committee and cadres of the united-front work department and the department of public security. Visitors from Taiwan had to fill out forms giving their name, age, family origin, and dates of entry and exit.
     Shensi peopel can bribe their way into universities and schools or use their privileged position to gain entry.]

   • 2010 June 19, “Recycling rakes in huge profits for demolition companies”, in South China Morning Post‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on February 09, 2024‎^[5]:

     A head of a demolition company in Qian county, Shaanxi, said recycling demolition waste was a lucrative business.

   • 2015 August 12, Tom Phillips, Luna Lin, “Fighting food waste: four stories from around the world”, in The Guardian‎^[6], archived from the original on 15 August 2015‎^[7]:

     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.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 乾 / 干 (zh) (Qián)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Qian Xian”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[8], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2545, column 3

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Qian is the 10167^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3173 individuals. Qian is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (98.05%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Iqan