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Qiang may refer to:
Culture
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Qiang (name) Qiang is a transliteration of multiple Chinese given names and a surname.
Notable people with these names include: Given name
* Chi Qiang, Chinese competitive sailor
* Qiang Du, Chinese mathematician and computational scientist
* Gao Qiang, Chin ...
, a Chinese name, including a list of people with the name, or an alternate transliteration of Chinese surname
Jiang (surname)
Jiang / Chiang can be a Mandarin transliteration of one of several Chinese surnames:
#Jiǎng (surname), Jiǎng (surname 蔣) (#蔣, 蔣), commonly spelled as Jiǎng, Chiang, Cheung, Jang (Korean name), Jang, Chioh
#Jiāng (surname 江) (#江, � ...
(彊/强)
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Qiang people
The Qiang people (Qiangic languages, Qiangic: ''Rrmea''; ) are an List of ethnic groups in China, ethnic group in China. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognised by the People's Republic of China, with a population of approx ...
, an ethnic group in China
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Qiang (historical people)
Qiang () was a name given to various groups of people at different periods in ancient China. The Qiang people are generally thought to have been of Tibeto-Burman languages, Tibeto-Burman origin, though there are other theories.
The Tangut people ...
various non-Chinese groups referred to in Chinese historical literature
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Qiangic languages
Qiangic (''Chʻiang, Kyang, Tsiang'', Chinese: 羌語支, "''Qiang'' language group"; also Rmaic, formerly known as Dzorgaic) is a group of related languages within the Sino-Tibetan language family. They are spoken mainly in Southwest China, incl ...
, a subfamily of the Tibeto-Burman family spoken in Sichuan and Tibet Autonomous Region
Geography
* Qiang la, an Indian transliteration of
Changla
Changla is a mountain in the Himalayas of Asia. It has a summit elevation of above sea level and is located on the international border between Nepal and Tibet, China.
See also
* List of mountains in China
* List of mountains in Nepal
* List o ...
Military
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Qiang (spear)
''Qiang'' (pronunciation: , English approximation: , ) is the Chinese term for spear. Due to its relative ease of manufacture, the spear in many variations was ubiquitous on the pre-modern Chinese battlefield. It is known as one of the four m ...
, a type of Chinese spear
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Qian (disambiguation) Qian may refer to:
*Cash (Chinese coin), a circular copper coin with a square hole in the center used from the 4th century BCE to the 20th century CE
*Guizhou, abbreviated as ''Qián'' (黔), province of China
*Mace (unit), or Qian, one of the Chi ...
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Jiang (disambiguation)
Jiang may refer to:
* ''Jiang'' (rank), rank held by general officers in the military of China
*Jiang (surname), several Chinese surnames
**Jiang Zemin (1926–2022), as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
*Jiang River, an ancient riv ...
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Chiang (disambiguation)
Chiang may mean:
* Chiang, a variant spelling of several Chinese surnames commonly spelled Jiang
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* Chi'ang, variant spelling of the ancient Qiang (historical people) ()
* Chi'ang, variant spelling of the modern Qiang people () in Wenchuan ...
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