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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 棋盤／棋盘 (Qípán).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Qipan
Qi·panToday it means: A township in Jianli, Jingzhou, Hubei, China. Full definition →
Today it means: A township in Jianli, Jingzhou, Hubei, China. Full definition →
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 棋盤／棋盘 (Qípán).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.