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黔

qián

Character

What 黔 means

1. literaryblack; to blacken

Other readings

黔 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Qiánshort name for Guizhou {贵州|Guì zhōu}

Words starting with 黔

• 黔首qián shǒu(archaic) the common people
• 黔江区Qián jiāng QūQianjiang, a district of Chongqing 重庆
• 黔西市Qián xī ShìQianxi, a county-level city in Bijie City 毕节市
• 黔驴技穷Qián lǘ jì qióngto exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)
• 黔南布依族苗族自治州Qián nán Bù yī zú Miáo zú Zì zhì zhōuQiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in Guizhou Province 贵州省
• 黔西南布依族苗族自治州Qián xī nán Bù yī zú Miáo zú Zì zhì zhōuQianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in Guizhou Province 贵州省
• 黔东南苗族侗族自治州Qián dōng nán Miáo zú Dòng zú Zì zhì zhōuQiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, in Guizhou Province 贵州省
• 黔南Qián nánsee 黔南布依族苗族自治州
• 黔江Qián jiāngsee 黔江区
• 黔西Qián xīsee 黔西市
• 黔南州Qián nán Zhōusee 黔南布依族苗族自治州
• 黔东南Qián dōng nánsee 黔东南苗族侗族自治州
• 黔西南Qián xī nánsee 黔西南布依族苗族自治州
• 黔东南州Qián dōng nán Zhōusee 黔东南苗族侗族自治州
• 黔西南州Qián xī nán Zhōusee 黔西南布依族苗族自治州

Words containing 黔

• 湘黔Xiāng QiánHunan-Guizhou

Characters built on 今

These share the phonetic component 今 (jīn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 念niànto read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school)
• 钤qiánlatch of door; seal

Characters that look like 黔

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 醉zuìintoxicated
• 醇chúnalcohol; wine with high alcohol content; rich
• 蹄tíhoof; pig's trotters
• 鞍ān(bound form) saddle
• 黝yǒublack; dark green
• 擀gǎnto roll (dough etc)

Sounds the same

Read qián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 前front; forward; ahead
• 钱coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两
• 潜hidden; secret; latent
• 乾one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; male principle; ☰
• 钳pincers; pliers; tongs
• 荨used in 荨麻; also pr. xún
• 虔to act with reverence; reverent
• 掮to carry on the shoulder
• 箝pliers; pincers; to clamp
• 钤latch of door; seal
• 揵carry
• 拑pliers; pincers; to clamp