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Traditional Pīnyīn		English Definition	Simplified HSK
錢 qián	錢 \| 錢* \| *錢	coin / money / CL: 筆｜笔 / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩｜两	钱 HSK 1


前 qián	前 \| 前* \| *前	front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly	HSK 1


千 qiān	千 \| 千* \| *千	thousand	HSK 2


韆 qiān	韆 \| 韆* \| *韆	used in 鞦韆｜秋千	千 HSK 2


淺 qiǎn	淺 \| 淺* \| *淺	shallow / light (color)	浅 HSK 4


欠 qiàn	欠 \| 欠* \| *欠	to owe / to lack / (literary) to be deficient in / (bound form) yawn / to raise slightly (a part of one's body)	HSK 5


籤 qiān	籤 \| 籤* \| *籤	inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag	签 HSK 5


簽 qiān	簽 \| 簽* \| *簽	to sign one's name / to write brief comments on a document / inscribed bamboo stick (variant of 籤｜签) / visa	签 HSK 5


籖 qiān	籖 \| 籖* \| *籖	Japanese variant of 籤｜签	签 HSK 5


牽 qiān	牽 \| 牽* \| *牽	to lead along / to pull (an animal on a tether) / (bound form) to involve / to draw in	牵 HSK 6


鉛 qiān	鉛 \| 鉛* \| *鉛	lead (chemistry)	铅 HSK 7-9


遷 qiān	遷 \| 遷* \| *遷	to move / to shift / to change (a position or location etc) / to promote	迁 HSK 7-9


鈆 qiān	鈆 \| 鈆* \| *鈆	old variant of 鉛｜铅	铅 HSK 7-9


錢 Qián	錢 \| 錢* \| *錢	surname Qian	钱


阡 qiān	阡 \| 阡* \| *阡	road leading north and south


謙 qiān	謙 \| 謙* \| *謙	modest	谦


倩 qiàn	倩 \| 倩* \| *倩	pretty / winsome / to ask for sb's help / son-in-law (old)


潛 qián	潛 \| 潛* \| *潛	hidden / secret / latent / to hide / to conceal / to submerge / to dive	潜


乾安 Qián'ān	乾安 \| 乾安* \| *乾安	Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin


拑 qián	拑 \| 拑* \| *拑	pliers / pincers / to clamp


乾 Qián	乾 \| 乾* \| *乾	surname Qian


乾 qián	乾 \| 乾* \| *乾	one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing heaven / male principle / ☰ / ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)


釺 qiān	釺 \| 釺* \| *釺	a drill (for boring through rock)	钎


慳 qiān	慳 \| 慳* \| *慳	stingy	悭


遣 qiǎn	遣 \| 遣* \| *遣	(bound form) to dispatch; to send / (bound form) to drive away; to dispel


茜 qiàn	茜 \| 茜* \| *茜	(bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia) / (bound form) madder red; dark red; alizarin crimson


汧 Qiān	汧 \| 汧* \| *汧	name of a river flowing through Gansu to Shaanxi Province


汧 qiān	汧 \| 汧* \| *汧	marsh / float


圍城 Wéichéng	圍城 \| 圍城* \| *圍城	Fortress Besieged, 1947 novel by Qian Zhongshu 錢鍾書｜钱钟书, filmed as a TV serial	围城


仟 qiān	仟 \| 仟* \| *仟	thousand (banker's anti-fraud numeral)


嵌 qiàn	嵌 \| 嵌* \| *嵌	to inlay / to embed / Taiwan pr. [qian1]


鉗 qián	鉗 \| 鉗* \| *鉗	pincers / pliers / tongs / claw (of animal) / to grasp with pincers / to pinch / to clamp / to restrain / to restrict / to gag	钳


墘 qián	墘 \| 墘* \| *墘	(Minnan dialect) beside / near / (used in place names)


媊 qián	媊 \| 媊* \| *媊	planet Venus in the morning


揵 qián	揵 \| 揵* \| *揵	carry


芊 qiān	芊 \| 芊* \| *芊	green / luxuriant growth


搴 qiān	搴 \| 搴* \| *搴	to seize / to pull / to hold up the hem of clothes


諐 qiān	諐 \| 諐* \| *諐	old variant of 愆	愆


太史公 Tàishǐgōng	太史公 \| 太史公* \| *太史公	Grand Scribe, the title by which Sima Qian 司馬遷｜司马迁 refers to himself in Records of the Historian 史記｜史记


遷安 Qiān'ān	遷安 \| 遷安* \| *遷安	Qian'an, county-level city in Tangshan 唐山, Hebei	迁安


乾縣 Qián Xiàn	乾縣 \| 乾縣* \| *乾縣	Qian County in Xianyang 咸陽｜咸阳, Shaanxi	乾县


歉 qiàn	歉 \| 歉* \| *歉	to apologize / to regret / deficient


愆 qiān	愆 \| 愆* \| *愆	fault / transgression


紀傳體 jìzhuàntǐ	紀傳體 \| 紀傳體* \| *紀傳體	history genre based on biography, such as Sima Qian's Record of the Historian	纪传体


遷安市 Qiān'ānshì	遷安市 \| 遷安市* \| *遷安市	Qian'an, county-level city in Tangshan 唐山, Hebei	迁安市


縴 qiàn	縴 \| 縴* \| *縴	boatman's tow-rope	纤


岍 qiān	岍 \| 岍* \| *岍	name of a mountain


陶潛 Táo Qián	陶潛 \| 陶潛* \| *陶潛	Tao Qian or Tao Yuanming 陶淵明｜陶渊明 (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet	陶潜


騫 qiān	騫 \| 騫* \| *騫	(literary) to hold high	骞


蒨 qiàn	蒨 \| 蒨* \| *蒨	luxuriant growth


乾安縣 Qián'ānxiàn	乾安縣 \| 乾安縣* \| *乾安縣	Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin	乾安县


繾 qiǎn	繾 \| 繾* \| *繾	used in 繾綣｜缱绻	缱


前郭爾羅斯蒙古族自治縣 Qiánguō'ěr Luósī Měnggǔzú Zìzhìxiàn	前郭…治縣 \| 前郭…治縣* \| *前郭…治縣	Qian Gorlos Mongol autonomous county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin	前郭尔罗斯蒙古族自治县


犍 qián	犍 \| 犍* \| *犍	used in 犍為｜犍为, a country in Sichuan


塹 qiàn	塹 \| 塹* \| *塹	(bound form) moat; chasm	堑


慊 qiàn	慊 \| 慊* \| *慊	dissatisfied


譴 qiǎn	譴 \| 譴* \| *譴	to censure / to reprimand	谴


僉 qiān	僉 \| 僉* \| *僉	all	佥


鵮 qiān	鵮 \| 鵮* \| *鵮	(of a bird) to peck / (fig.) to ridicule (sb)	鹐


褰 qiān	褰 \| 褰* \| *褰	to lift (clothes, sheets) / lower garments


篟 qiàn	篟 \| 篟* \| *篟	luxuriant growth of bamboo


輤 qiàn	輤 \| 輤* \| *輤	a pall to cover the hearse


俔 qiàn	俔 \| 俔* \| *俔	(old) like / as	伣


燂 qián	燂 \| 燂* \| *燂	to heat / to scorch


芡 qiàn	芡 \| 芡* \| *芡	Gorgon plant / fox nut (Gorgon euryale or Euryale ferox) / makhana (Hindi)


掔 qiān	掔 \| 掔* \| *掔	lead along / substantial


傔 qiàn	傔 \| 傔* \| *傔	servant


鈐 qián	鈐 \| 鈐* \| *鈐	latch of door / seal	钤


脥 qiǎn	脥 \| 脥* \| *脥	pelvic cavity / lower abdomen	𣍰


扦 qiān	扦 \| 扦* \| *扦	short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc / skewer / prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc / (dialect) to stick in / to bolt (a door) / to arrange (flowers in a vase) / to graft (tree) / to pedicure / to peel (an apple etc)


槧 qiàn	槧 \| 槧* \| *槧	wooden tablet / edition	椠


黔 Qián	黔 \| 黔* \| *黔	abbr. for Guizhou province 貴州｜贵州


皘 qiàn	皘 \| 皘* \| *皘	white


蕁 qián	蕁 \| 蕁* \| *蕁	used in 蕁麻｜荨麻 / also pr. [xun2]	荨


幵 qiān	幵 \| 幵* \| *幵	(literary) flat; level


箝 qián	箝 \| 箝* \| *箝	pliers / pincers / to clamp


葥 qián	葥 \| 葥* \| *葥	Rubus palmatus


蚈 qiān	蚈 \| 蚈* \| *蚈	(arch.) firefly


淒黯 qī'àn	淒黯 \| 淒黯* \| *淒黯	dismal / somber / also written 淒暗｜凄暗	凄黯


岒 qián	岒 \| 岒* \| *岒	character used in place names


綪 qiàn	綪 \| 綪* \| *綪	dark red color (of silk product)	𬘬


虔 qián	虔 \| 虔* \| *虔	to act with reverence / reverent


嗛 qiàn	嗛 \| 嗛* \| *嗛	pouch / hold / content


圱 qiān	圱 \| 圱* \| *圱	a field of three li / old variant of 阡


拪 qiān	拪 \| 拪* \| *拪	old variant of 遷｜迁


攓 qiān	攓 \| 攓* \| *攓	variant of 搴, to seize


攐 qiān	攐 \| 攐* \| *攐	variant of 褰, to hold up the hem of clothes / to lift up the skirts


錢學森 Qián Xuésēn	錢學森 \| 錢學森* \| *錢學森	Qian Xuesen (1911-2009), Chinese scientist and aeronautical engineer	钱学森


膁 qiǎn	膁 \| 膁* \| *膁	(usu. of an animal) the part of the side of the body between the ribs and the hipbone	肷


粁 qiān	粁 \| 粁* \| *粁	kilometer


掮 qián	掮 \| 掮* \| *掮	to carry on the shoulder


前郭鎮 Qiánguōzhèn	前郭鎮 \| 前郭鎮* \| *前郭鎮	Qian Gorlos township, capital of Qian Gorlos Mongol autonomous county 前郭爾羅斯蒙古族自治縣｜前郭尔罗斯蒙古族自治县, Songyuan, Jilin	前郭镇


鬵 qián	鬵 \| 鬵* \| *鬵	big iron pot / cauldron / variant of 甑, rice pot


軡 Qián	軡 \| 軡* \| *軡	old variant of 黔


蔳 qiàn	蔳 \| 蔳* \| *蔳	old variant of 蒨


亁 qián	亁 \| 亁* \| *亁	variant of 乾	乾


乹 qián	乹 \| 乹* \| *乹	old variant of 乾	乾


銭 qián	銭 \| 銭* \| *銭	Japanese variant of 錢｜钱


䕭 qián	䕭 \| 䕭* \| *䕭	variant of 蕁｜荨


張騫 Zhāng Qiān	張騫 \| 張騫* \| *張騫	Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC	张骞

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