将 將 qiāng to desire / to invite / to request syn 强 彊 qiáng variant of 強|强[qiang2] syn 强 彊 qiǎng variant of 強|强[qiang3] syn 笛子 dí zi bamboo flute / CL:管[guan3] syn 长笛 長笛 cháng dí (Western) concert flute 羌族 qiāng zú Qiang ethnic group, nowadays esp. in north Sichuan 葫芦丝 葫蘆絲 hú lú sī hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument) 巴乌 巴烏 bā wū bawu, a free reed wind instrument shaped like a flute and played transversally, associated particularly with minority cultures of Yunnan 枪 鎗 qiāng variant of 槍|枪[qiang1] / rifle / spear syn 抢 搶 qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage) / opposite in direction / contrary syn 抢 搶 qiǎng to fight over / to rush / to scramble / to grab / to rob / to snatch syn 墙 牆 qiáng wall (CL:面[mian4],堵[du3]) / (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆|被墙[bei4 qiang2]) syn 腔 qiāng (bound form) cavity / tune / accent (in one's speech) / (old) (classifier for carcasses of slaughtered livestock) syn 笛 dí flute syn 呛 嗆 qiāng to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way) syn 呛 嗆 qiàng to irritate the nose / to choke (of smoke, smell etc) / pungent / (coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb / to scold / to speak out against sb syn 羟 羥 qiǎng hydroxyl (radical) 枪术 槍術 qiāng shù qiang (spear) 蔷 薔 qiáng used in 薔薇|蔷薇[qiang2 wei1] 樯 艢 qiáng variant of 檣|樯[qiang2] syn 跄 蹌 qiāng walk rapidly syn 跄 蹌 qiàng stagger / sway from side to side syn 羌 羗 qiāng variant of 羌[qiang1] 锵 鏘 qiāng tinkling of small bells 戕 qiāng to kill / to injure / Taiwan pr. [qiang2] 鎗 qiāng variant of 槍|枪 / rifle / spear 襁 qiǎng cloth for carrying baby on back 炝 熗 qiàng to briefly boil (a vegetable etc), then dress with soy sauce, oil, vinegar etc / to briefly stir-fry (meat, chopped spring onions etc), then add to other ingredients and cook further syn 篪 chí bamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes 嫱 嬙 qiáng female court officials 蜣 qiāng dung beetle 戗 戧 qiāng contrary / pushing against / bump / knock / used as equivalent for 搶|抢[qiang1] syn 锖 錆 qiāng the color of a mineral 镪 鏹 qiāng sulfuric acid 镪 鏹 qiǎng money / string of coins 龠 yuè ancient unit of volume (half a 合[ge3], equivalent to 50ml) / ancient flute 小金 xiǎo jīn Xiaojin County (Tibetan: btsan lha rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan 小强 小強 xiǎo qiáng (slang) cockroach ("Little Qiang" was originally the name given to a dead cockroach that had supposedly been a pet of the lead character in the 1993 Hong Kong comedy movie "Flirting Scholar". Subsequently, it came to be used as a name for any cockroach, and also for characters in film and television who are seemingly indestructible or repeatedly resurrected.) 汶川 wèn chuān Wenchuan County (Tibetan: wun khron rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan 丬 爿 qiáng "piece of wood" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 90), mirror image of 片[pian4] 籥 yuè flute / key 篴 dí flute 蹡 qiāng (manner of walking) 蹡 qiàng see 踉蹡[liang4 qiang4] 横吹 橫吹 héng chuī military wind and percussion music played on horseback under the Han / transverse flute / to play such a flute 箎 chí bamboo flute with 8 holes 笙箫 笙簫 shēng xiāo reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute 管龠 guǎn yuè flute / pipe / key / CL:把[ba3] 龡 chuì to blow (a flute) / archaic version of 吹 尺八 chǐ bā shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) 笛膜 dí mó membrane which covers a hole in a flute and produces a buzzing tone 鼻箫 鼻簫 bí xiāo nose flute 椌 qiāng (wooden mus. instr.) 瑲 qiāng tinkling of gems 廧 qiáng wall 彊 qiáng strong / superior 彊 qiǎng compel 繈 qiǎng cloth for carrying baby on back 斨 qiāng axe 牄 qiāng to walk rapidly 五胡 wǔ hú Five non-Han people, namely: Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴[Xiong1 nu2], Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1], Jie 羯[Jie2], Di 氐[Di1], Qiang 羌[Qiang1], esp. in connection with the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 五胡十六國|五胡十六国[Wu3 hu2 Shi2 liu4 guo2] 北川县 北川縣 běi chuān xiàn Beichuan Qiang autonomous county in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳[Mian2 yang2], north Sichuan 北川羌族自治县 北川羌族自治縣 běi chuān qiāng zú zì zhì xiàn Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County in Mianyang 綿陽市|绵阳市[Mian2yang2 Shi4], Sichuan 壤塘 rǎng táng Zamthang County in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1ba4 Zang4zu2 Qiang1zu2 Zi4zhi4zhou1], northwest Sichuan 壤塘县 壤塘縣 rǎng táng xiàn Zamthang County in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1ba4 Zang4zu2 Qiang1zu2 Zi4zhi4zhou1], northwest Sichuan 女墙 女牆 nǚ qiáng crenelated parapet wall 小金县 小金縣 xiǎo jīn xiàn Xiaojin County (Tibetan: btsan lha rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan 松潘 sōng pān Songpan County (Tibetan: zung chu rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan 松潘县 松潘縣 sōng pān xiàn Songpan County (Tibetan: zung chu rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan 汶川县 汶川縣 wèn chuān xiàn Wenchuan County (Tibetan: wun khron rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan 理县 理縣 lǐ xiàn Li County (Tibetan: li rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan 红原 紅原 hóng yuán Hongyuan County (Tibetan: rka khog rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan 红原县 紅原縣 hóng yuán xiàn Hongyuan County (Tibetan: rka khog rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan 若尔盖 若爾蓋 ruò ěr gài Zoigê County (Tibetan: mdzod dge rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan 若尔盖县 若爾蓋縣 ruò ěr gài xiàn Zoigê County (Tibetan: mdzod dge rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan 茂汶县 茂汶縣 mào wèn xiàn Maowen county in Sichuan, home of the Qiang people 羗族|羌族 茂县 茂縣 mào xiàn Mao County in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan 蔃 qiáng cigarette (slang) (Cantonese) 金川 jīn chuān Jinchuan County (Tibetan: chu chen rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan 金川县 金川縣 jīn chuān xiàn Jinchuan County (Tibetan: chu chen rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan 阿坝县 阿壩縣 ā bà xiàn Ngawa County in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1ba4 Zang4zu2 Qiang1zu2 Zi4zhi4zhou1], northwest Sichuan 阿坝藏族羌族自治州 阿壩藏族羌族自治州 ā bà zàng zú qiāng zú zì zhì zhōu Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, in Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4chuan1 Sheng3] 马尔康 馬爾康 mǎ ěr kāng Barkam town (Tibetan: 'bar khams), capital of Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan 马尔康县 馬爾康縣 mǎ ěr kāng xiàn Barkam County (Tibetan: 'bar khams rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan 马尔康镇 馬爾康鎮 mǎ ěr kāng zhèn Barkam town (Tibetan: 'bar khams), capital of Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan 黑水 hēi shuǐ Heishui County (Tibetan: khro chu rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan 黑水县 黑水縣 hēi shuǐ xiàn Heishui County (Tibetan: khro chu rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan 党项 黨項 dǎng xiàng Tangut branch of the Qiang 羌 ethnic group / ancient ethnic group who made up the Xixia dynasty 西夏 1038-1227 党项族 黨項族 dǎng xiàng zú Tangut branch of the Qiang 羌 ethnic group / ancient ethnic group who made up the Xixia dynasty 西夏 1038-1227 玱 瑲 qiāng (onom.) tinkling of gems 刀枪剑戟 刀槍劍戟 dāo - qiāng - jiàn - jǐ (idiom) melee combat weapons of ancient China, such as swords, spears and halberds 𬧀 蹡 qiàng used in 踉蹡|踉𬧀[liang4qiang4] 