Qiang

See also: qiang

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Qiang pl (plural only)

1. 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.
2. (historical) Any of various groups of people at different periods in ancient China, generally thought to have been of Tibetan-Burmese origin.

Derived terms

• Qiangic

Translations

ethnic group

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羌 (zh) (Qiāng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Marathi: चिआंग (ciāṅga)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Xibe: ᠴᡞᠶᠠᡢᡯᡠ
  ᡠᡣᠰᡠᠷᠠ (ciyangdzu uksura)