Qiang

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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.

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QiangicQiangic languageQiang language
OriginMandarin 羌 →
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Meanings

nounQiang pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyAn ethnic group in China, living mainly in a mountainous region in the northwestern part of Sichuan on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau.
  2. historicalpluralplural onlyAny of various groups of people at different periods in ancient China, generally thought to have been of Tibetan-Burmese origin.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Sichuan

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QiangicQiangic languageQiang language
Broader
Tibeto-BurmanTibeto-Burman language
Also see
qiangic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Mandarin羌
  2. EnglishQiang

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

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 羌
  • 羌 (Qiāng)ethnic group
Cite this entry
APA

Qiang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Qiang

MLA

“Qiang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Qiang. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Qiang,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Qiang.

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