Meanings
- A county of Haibei, Qinghai, China.
A Tibetan-nationality woman cadre in (Tolien) commune, Chilien County, Haipei Tibetan Autonomous Chou, fearing no hardships, made a 4-day journey on horseback to register for college enrollment in the county seat.
[1972 August 23 [1972 August 19], “Tsinghai Stresses Enrollment Procedures for Colleges”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 165, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Sining Tsinghai Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Northwest Region, page H 41 more example
The reports of the past few days have been made by the nine of us from around Gangcha county and Qilian county, because we wanted to really understand the avian influenza situation in Qinghai. We came disguised as tourists to carry out on-the-spot interviews ... only by coming to this place can you realise just how poor China can be. Anyone with a conscience would shed tears.
2005 June 24 [2005 May 26], Chris Taylor, anonymous quotee, “Outbreak cover-up?”, in Henry Niman (using Alta Vista's Babelfish translator), transl., South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2018
Origin
- Mandarin祁連 /祁连
- EnglishQilian
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 祁連 /祁连 (Qílián).
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Chinese Cantonese 祁連 /祁连
- 祁連 /祁连 (kei⁴ lin⁴)county
Chinese Mandarin 祁連 /祁连
- 祁連 /祁连 (Qílián)county
Cite this entry
Qilian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Qilian
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