乾
Meaning
qián qian2
- one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 bā guà, symbolizing heaven
- male principle
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- ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
- surname Qian
Words with 乾
- 乾旦 qiándàn male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)
- 乾坤 qiánkūn yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe
- 康乾盛世 kāngqiánshèngshì booming and golden age of Qing dynasty (from Kang Xi to Qian Long emperors)
- 扭转乾坤 niǔzhuǎnqiánkūn lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)
- 旋乾转坤 xuánqiánzhuǎnkūn lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering
- 朝乾夕惕 zhāoqiánxītì cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)
- 乾县 QiánXiàn Qian County in Xianyang 咸阳 (Xián yáng), Shaanxi
- 乾陵 Qiánlíng Qianling at Xianyang 咸陽市|咸阳市 in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 and empress Wuzetian 武則天|武则天
- 乾隆 Qiánlóng the Qianlong era
- 萧乾 XiāoQián Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator
- 竺乾 Zhúqián Buddha (archaic)
- 乾安县 QiánānXiàn Qian'an, a county in Songyuan City 松原市 (Sōng yuán Shì), Jilin