婼羌

Chinese

		recalcitrant	educated; name of a tribe; strong
trad. (婼羌)		婼	羌
simp. #(婼羌)		婼	羌

Etymology

First attested in the Book of Han.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ruòqiāng, Érqiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄧㄤ, ㄦˊ ㄑㄧㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ruòqiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Ruòciang
    • Wade–Giles: Jo⁴-chʻiang¹
    • Yale: Rwò-chyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ruohchiang
    • Palladius: Жоцян (Žocjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Érqiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˊ ㄑㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Érciang
    • Wade–Giles: Êrh²-chʻiang¹
    • Yale: Ér-chyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Erlchiang
    • Palladius: Эрцян (Ercjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

婼羌

1. Ruoqiang (an ancient kingdom in Xinjiang)
2. (～縣) Old name for 若羌 (Ruòqiāng, “Ruoqiang (a county of Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang, China)”).

Synonyms

• 若羌 (Ruòqiāng)