Explore Qian through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Qian in a sentence
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Qian meaning
A surname.
Using Qian
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
- In the example corpus, qian often appears in combinations such as: sima qian, wu qian, zhang qian.
Context around Qian
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Qian
- In this selection, "qian" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, recognized, frank, jinghua, told, moved and yuan stand out and add context to how "qian" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include spokesman wu qian told reporters and advancing toward qian an cutting. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "qian" sits close to words such as abduct, acetylcholine and adeosun, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with qian
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Jianan Qian is a fiction writer from Shanghai. (8 words)
Qian joins from R/GA New York where he too served as executive creative director. (15 words)
Qian said the project is bound to boost South Sudan’s connectivity with the East African market. (17 words)
The new study, led by Qian Yuan of Arizona State University and Caltech, argues that the heat generated by this collision was not enough to melt the whole of the Earth’s mantle, so the innermost mantle remained solid. (39 words)
Prior to the final, Harpreet had impressive performances: thrashing Haitao Qian of China 10-1 in the semifinals after handing a 5-1 defeat to Burgo Beishaliev of Kyrgyzstan in his last-eight stage bout. (35 words)
Four of the six writers who had been contracted to run the Teen Writing Bootcamps for State Library Victoria (clockwise from top left) Ariel Slamet Ries, Omar Sakr, Alison Evans and Jinghua Qian. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Qian moved to CalTech where he worked under von Karmen, a brilliant immigrant scientist from Europe who recognized Qian’s creative application of math to aerodynamics.
Chinese national defense spokesperson Wu Qian at a press briefing on Thursday blamed the collisions entirely on the Philippine side.
Qian said the project is bound to boost South Sudan’s connectivity with the East African market.
The new study, led by Qian Yuan of Arizona State University and Caltech, argues that the heat generated by this collision was not enough to melt the whole of the Earth’s mantle, so the innermost mantle remained solid.
Describing the talks as "positive", Chinese defence spokesman Wu Qian told reporters that military-to-military relations were "currently stopping their decline and stabilising".
Dong warned Austin that the US should not interfere in China's affairs with Taiwan, defence ministry spokesperson Wu Qian told reporters.
First author Frank Qian, who conducted the research as a masters student in the lab, said: "Plant-based dietary patterns are gaining popularity in recent years.
Four of the six writers who had been contracted to run the Teen Writing Bootcamps for State Library Victoria (clockwise from top left) Ariel Slamet Ries, Omar Sakr, Alison Evans and Jinghua Qian.
There's really no way to build a quantum machine that won't have error," said Qian Xu, a PME graduate student who led the new work.
Rani will next face the reigning world and Asian champion Li Qian of China, who has the top billing in this category.
Ann Qian says she unknowingly bought fraudulently obtained airline tickets online and claims she's being treated like a criminal by Air Canada.
Defence ministry spokesman Wu Qian told reporters they “strictly abided by the relevant regulations of international law and did not enter the airspace of other countries”.
Jianan Qian is a fiction writer from Shanghai.
On April 11, the Sixth Shaidan broke through Lengkou pass and began advancing toward Qian’an, cutting the supply lines of the Chinese units defending neighboring passes.
Prior to the final, Harpreet had impressive performances: thrashing Haitao Qian of China 10-1 in the semifinals after handing a 5-1 defeat to Burgo Beishaliev of Kyrgyzstan in his last-eight stage bout.
The acquisition would build upon Fosun’s existing tourism holdings and “the robust growth momentum of Chinese outbound tourism,” said Qian Jiannong, the chairman of Fosun’s travel arm.
The new app, created by Khoi Le, Hope Schroeder, and Kyle Qian, aims to reshape the way in which we remember history in public spaces.
Wei and Esper discussed a host of issues — including the political unrest in Hong Kong and the status of the South China Sea, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian said.
Qian joins from R/GA New York where he too served as executive creative director.
Qian Nairong, a language expert at Shanghai University, (video, link in Chinese) was a Beijing dialect word that was later absorbed into standard Mandarin, but that is very widely used in Mandarin.
Common combinations with qian
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- sima qian 9×
- wu qian 5×
- zhang qian 5×
- qian told 3×
- tao qian 3×
- qian said 2×
- said qian 2×
- qian of 2×
- qian is 2×