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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
亲 qīn	亲 \| 亲* \| *亲	parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear	親 HSK 3


琴 qín	琴 \| 琴* \| *琴	guqin 古琴 (a type of zither) / musical instrument in general	HSK 5


琴 qín	琴 \| 琴* \| *琴	variant of 琴, guqin or zither	琹 HSK 5


沁 qìn	沁 \| 沁* \| *沁	to seep / to percolate


勤 qín	勤 \| 勤* \| *勤	diligent; industrious; hardworking / frequent; regular; constant / (bound form) work; duty; attendance


函谷关 Hángǔ Guān	函谷关 \| 函谷关* \| *函谷关	Hangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the Qin State during the Warring States Period (770-221 BC)	函谷關


狄 Dí	狄 \| 狄* \| *狄	surname Di / generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)


秦 Qín	秦 \| 秦* \| *秦	surname Qin / Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇 / short name for 陝西｜陕西


侵 qīn	侵 \| 侵* \| *侵	to invade / to encroach / to infringe / to approach


秦汉 Qín Hàn	秦汉 \| 秦汉* \| *秦汉	the Qin (221-207 BC) and Han (206 BC-220 AD) dynasties	秦漢


嗪 qín	嗪 \| 嗪* \| *嗪	used in phonetic transcription -xine, -zine or -chin


钦 Qīn	钦 \| 钦* \| *钦	surname Qin	欽


钦 qīn	钦 \| 钦* \| *钦	to respect / to admire / to venerate / by the emperor himself	欽


秦朝 Qíncháo	秦朝 \| 秦朝* \| *秦朝	Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC)


勤 qín	勤 \| 勤* \| *勤	variant of 勤 / industrious / solicitous	懃


寝 qǐn	寝 \| 寝* \| *寝	(bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest / (bound form) bedroom / (bound form) imperial tomb / (literary) to stop; to cease	寢


匈奴 Xiōngnú	匈奴 \| 匈奴* \| *匈奴	Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties


秦国 Qínguó	秦国 \| 秦国* \| *秦国	the state of Qin, one of the seven states of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)	秦國


芩 qín	芩 \| 芩* \| *芩	Phragmites japonica


古琴 gǔqín	古琴 \| 古琴* \| *古琴	guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers


郫县 Pí Xiàn	郫县 \| 郫县* \| *郫县	Pi County, established during the Qin dynasty after the conquest of the ancient Shu Kingdom, historically known for its cultural heritage, strategic location, and culinary contributions, administratively reorganized in 2016 as Pidu District 郫都區｜郫都区, a suburban district of Chengdu, Sichuan	郫縣


秦安 Qín'ān	秦安 \| 秦安* \| *秦安	Qin'an county in Tianshui 天水, Gansu


商鞅 Shāng Yāng	商鞅 \| 商鞅* \| *商鞅	Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國｜秦国, whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝


噙 qín	噙 \| 噙* \| *噙	to hold in (usually refers the mouth or eyes)


覃 Qín	覃 \| 覃* \| *覃	surname Qin


巴蜀 Bāshǔ	巴蜀 \| 巴蜀* \| *巴蜀	Sichuan / originally two provinces of Qin and Han


芹 qín	芹 \| 芹* \| *芹	Chinese celery


翟 Dí	翟 \| 翟* \| *翟	surname Di / variant of 狄, generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)


秦代 Qíndài	秦代 \| 秦代* \| *秦代	Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇, the first dynasty to rule the whole of China


擒 qín	擒 \| 擒* \| *擒	to capture


秦篆 Qínzhuàn	秦篆 \| 秦篆* \| *秦篆	seal script as unified by the Qin dynasty / the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆


先秦 xiān Qín	先秦 \| 先秦* \| *先秦	pre-Qin, Chinese history up to the foundation of the Qin imperial dynasty in 221 BC


嵚 qīn	嵚 \| 嵚* \| *嵚	loftiness (of mountain)	嶔


琴瑟 qínsè	琴瑟 \| 琴瑟* \| *琴瑟	qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony / marital harmony


小篆 xiǎozhuàn	小篆 \| 小篆* \| *小篆	the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty


衾 qīn	衾 \| 衾* \| *衾	coverlet / quilt


沁县 Qìnxiàn	沁县 \| 沁县* \| *沁县	Qin county in Changzhi 長治｜长治, Shanxi	沁縣


古音 gǔyīn	古音 \| 古音* \| *古音	ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character / classical speech sounds


螓 qín	螓 \| 螓* \| *螓	small cicada with a square head


前秦 Qián Qín	前秦 \| 前秦* \| *前秦	Former Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (351-395)


寝 qǐn	寝 \| 寝* \| *寝	old variant of 寢｜寝	寑


慬 qín	慬 \| 慬* \| *慬	(literary) brave / worried / distressed


骎 qīn	骎 \| 骎* \| *骎	fleet horse	駸


揿 qìn	揿 \| 揿* \| *揿	to press (with one's hand or finger)	撳


断弦 duànxián	断弦 \| 断弦* \| *断弦	widowed / lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟 qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony	斷弦


苻坚 Fú Jiān	苻坚 \| 苻坚* \| *苻坚	Fu Jian (338-385), emperor of Former Qin 前秦, reigning from 357-385	苻堅


大篆 dàzhuàn	大篆 \| 大篆* \| *大篆	the great seal / used narrowly for 籀文 / used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts


笉 qǐn	笉 \| 笉* \| *笉	smiling countenance / bamboo rope


吣 qìn	吣 \| 吣* \| *吣	to vomit (of dogs and cats) / to rail against / to talk nonsense	唚


锓 qín	锓 \| 锓* \| *锓	to carve	鋟


猃狁 Xiǎnyǔn	猃狁 \| 猃狁* \| *猃狁	Zhou Dynasty term for a northern nomadic tribe later called the Xiongnu 匈奴 in the Qin and Han Dynasties	獫狁


菣 qìn	菣 \| 菣* \| *菣	Artemisia apiacea


綅 qīn	綅 \| 綅* \| *綅	red silk crest of helmet


禽 qín	禽 \| 禽* \| *禽	(bound form) birds; fowl / (literary) birds and animals / old variant of 擒


雂 qín	雂 \| 雂* \| *雂	(bird)


靲 qín	靲 \| 靲* \| *靲	leather shoes / leather belt / thin bamboo strips


朝秦暮楚 zhāo Qínmù Chǔ	朝秦暮楚 \| 朝秦暮楚* \| *朝秦暮楚	serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides


庈 qín	庈 \| 庈* \| *庈	(person)


昑 qǐn	昑 \| 昑* \| *昑	bright


蒙恬 Méng Tián	蒙恬 \| 蒙恬* \| *蒙恬	Qin general Meng Tian (-210 BC), involved in 215 BC in fighting the Northern Xiongnu 匈奴 and building the great wall


冠礼 guànlǐ	冠礼 \| 冠礼* \| *冠礼	the capping ceremony, a Confucian coming of age ceremony for males dating from pre-Qin times, performed when a boy reaches the age of 20, involving the ritual placing of caps on the head of the young man	冠禮


檎 qín	檎 \| 檎* \| *檎	used in 林檎


揿 qìn	揿 \| 揿* \| *揿	variant of 撳｜揿	搇


廑 qín	廑 \| 廑* \| *廑	variant of 勤


厪 qín	厪 \| 厪* \| *厪	variant of 廑


珡 qín	珡 \| 珡* \| *珡	variant of 琴, guqin or zither


白起 Bái Qǐ	白起 \| 白起* \| *白起	Bai Qi (-258 BC), famous general of Qin 秦國｜秦国, the victor at 長平｜长平 in 260 BC / same as 公孫起｜公孙起


苏秦 Sū Qín	苏秦 \| 苏秦* \| *苏秦	Su Qin (340-284 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家｜纵横家 during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)	蘇秦


长平 Chángpíng	长平 \| 长平* \| *长平	Changping, place name in Gaoping County 高平縣｜高平县, southern Shanxi, the scene of the great battle of 262-260 BC between Qin and Zhao	長平


赵高 Zhào Gāo	赵高 \| 赵高* \| *赵高	Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty	趙高


秦桧 Qín Huì	秦桧 \| 秦桧* \| *秦桧	Qin Hui (1090-1155 AD), Song Dynasty official said to have betrayed General Yue Fei 岳飛｜岳飞	秦檜


乐经 Yuèjīng	乐经 \| 乐经* \| *乐经	Book of Music, said to be one of the Six Classics lost after Qin's burning of the books in 212 BC, but may simply refer to Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经	樂經


荆轲 Jīng Kē	荆轲 \| 荆轲* \| *荆轲	Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇)	荊軻


王猛 Wáng Měng	王猛 \| 王猛* \| *王猛	Wang Meng (325-375), prime minister to Fu Jian 苻堅｜苻坚 of Former Qin 前秦


李斯 Lǐ Sī	李斯 \| 李斯* \| *李斯	Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and prime minister of Qin kingdom and Qin dynasty from 246 to 208 BC


徐福 Xú Fú	徐福 \| 徐福* \| *徐福	Xu Fu (3rd century BC), Qin dynasty court necromancer


秦军 Qínjūn	秦军 \| 秦军* \| *秦军	the Qin army (model for the terracotta warriors)	秦軍


陈胜 Chén Shèng	陈胜 \| 陈胜* \| *陈胜	Chen Sheng (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 陳勝吳廣起義｜陈胜吴广起义	陳勝


吕氏春秋 Lǚshì Chūnqiū	吕氏春秋 \| 吕氏春秋* \| *吕氏春秋	lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家｜诸子百家, compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代 Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋｜吕不韦	呂氏春秋


秦始皇 Qín Shǐhuáng	秦始皇 \| 秦始皇* \| *秦始皇	Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor


程邈 Chéng Miǎo	程邈 \| 程邈* \| *程邈	Cheng Miao, a jailer-turned-prisoner in the Qin dynasty who created the clerical style of Chinese calligraphy


嫪毐 Lào Ǎi	嫪毐 \| 嫪毐* \| *嫪毐	Lao Ai (-238 BC), man of Qin famous for his giant penis / in fiction, bogus eunuch and the consort of king Ying Zheng's mother lady Zhao


秦末 Qínmò	秦末 \| 秦末* \| *秦末	the end of the Qin dynasty 207 BC


吴广 Wú Guǎng	吴广 \| 吴广* \| *吴广	Wu Guang (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 陳勝吳廣起義｜陈胜吴广起义	吳廣


战国策 Zhànguócè	战国策 \| 战国策* \| *战国策	"Strategies of the Warring States", chronicle of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), possibly written by Su Qin 蘇秦｜苏秦	戰國策


吕不韦 Lǚ Bùwéi	吕不韦 \| 吕不韦* \| *吕不韦	Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國｜秦国, subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代 Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng 嬴政, who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇	呂不韋


秦安县 Qín'ānxiàn	秦安县 \| 秦安县* \| *秦安县	Qin'an county in Tianshui 天水, Gansu	秦安縣


西秦 Xī Qín	西秦 \| 西秦* \| *西秦	Western Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (385-431)


秦孝公 Qín Xiàogōng	秦孝公 \| 秦孝公* \| *秦孝公	Duke Xiao of Qin, 秦國｜秦国, ruled 361-338 BC during the Warring States Period


秦越人 Qín Yuèrén	秦越人 \| 秦越人* \| *秦越人	Qin Yueren (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills


孟姜女 Mèngjiāngnǚ	孟姜女 \| 孟姜女* \| *孟姜女	heroine of Qin dynasty 秦朝 folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body


秦牧 Qín Mù	秦牧 \| 秦牧* \| *秦牧	Qin Mu (1919-1992), educator and prolific writer


商鞅变法 Shāng Yāngbiànfǎ	商鞅变法 \| 商鞅变法* \| *商鞅变法	Shang Yang's political reform of Qin state 秦國｜秦国 of 356 BC and 350 BC, that put it on the road to world domination	商鞅變法


秦火 Qínhuǒ	秦火 \| 秦火* \| *秦火	the Qin burning of the books in 212 BC


琴瑟和鸣 qínsèhémíng	琴瑟和鸣 \| 琴瑟和鸣* \| *琴瑟和鸣	in perfect harmony / in sync / lit. qin and se sing in harmony	琴瑟和鳴


纵横家 Zònghéngjiā	纵横家 \| 纵横家* \| *纵横家	School of Diplomacy of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocates were Su Qin 蘇秦｜苏秦 and Zhang Yi 張儀｜张仪	縱橫家


阿房宫 Ēpáng Gōng	阿房宫 \| 阿房宫* \| *阿房宫	Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇 / also pr. [E1 fang2 Gong1]	阿房宮


长平之战 Chángpíngzhī Zhàn	长平之战 \| 长平之战* \| *长平之战	Battle of Changping of 260 BC, at which the Qin army 秦軍｜秦军 encircled and annihilated a Zhao army of 400,000	長平之戰


春秋五霸 Chūnqiū Wǔbà	春秋五霸 \| 春秋五霸* \| *春秋五霸	the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公｜齐桓公, Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公｜晋文公, King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王｜楚庄王, and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公 and Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公 or King Helu of Wu 吳王闔閭｜吴王阖闾 and King Gou Jian of Yue 越王勾踐｜越王勾践


秦韬玉 Qín Tāoyù	秦韬玉 \| 秦韬玉* \| *秦韬玉	Qin Taoyu, Tang poet, author of the poem "A Poor Woman" 貧女｜贫女	秦韜玉

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