Qin may refer to:
Dynasties and states
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Qin (state)
Qin () was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty. Traditionally dated to 897 BC, it took its origin in a reconquest of western lands previously lost to the Rong; its position at the western edge of Chinese civilization permitted ex ...
(秦), a major state during the Zhou Dynasty of ancient China
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Qin dynasty
The Qin dynasty ( ; zh, c=秦朝, p=Qín cháo, w=), or Ch'in dynasty in Wade–Giles romanization ( zh, c=, p=, w=Ch'in ch'ao), was the first Dynasties in Chinese history, dynasty of Imperial China. Named for its heartland in Qin (state), ...
(秦), founded by the Qin state in 221 BC and ended in 206 BC
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Daqin (大秦), ancient Chinese name for the Roman Empire
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Former Qin
The Former Qin, also called Fu Qin (苻秦), (351–394) was a dynastic state of the Sixteen Kingdoms in Chinese history ruled by the Di ethnicity. Founded by Fu Jian (posthumously Emperor Jingming) who originally served under the Later ...
(前秦), Di state/Di (Wu Hu) in the Sixteen Kingdoms period, 351 AD
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Later Qin (后秦), Qiang state in the Sixteen Kingdoms period, 384 AD
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Western Qin
The Western Qin (; 385–400, 409–431) was a dynastic state of China ruled by the Xianbei ethnicity during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms. All rulers of the Western Qin declared themselves "''Chinese nobility#wang, wang''", translatable as either ...
(西秦), Xianbei state in the Sixteen Kingdoms period, 409 AD
Geography
* Qin (秦), another name of
Shaanxi
Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see #Name, § Name) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichu ...
province, China
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Qin County (沁县), in Shanxi province, China
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Qin River (沁河) in Shanxi, tributary of the Yellow River
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Qin River (Hebei) (寢水) in Hebei, a former name of the Ming River
Other uses
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Qin (surname)
Qín () (秦) is a common Chinese surname. "Qin" is the hanyu pinyin romanization of the surname for Mandarin, the common dialect of China; other romanizations of the surname include Chin and Jin in Mandarin, Ceon and Cheun in Cantonese, and Tầ ...
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''Qin'' (board game)
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Qin (Mandaeism), a demon of the Mandaean underworld
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Qin (''Star Wars''), a character on the television series ''The Mandalorian''
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BYD Qin, a car
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Guqin
The ''guqin'' (; ) is a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument. It has been played since ancient times, and has traditionally been favoured by scholars and literati as an instrument of great subtlety and refinement, as highlighted b ...
(古琴), or qin, Chinese stringed musical instrument
* QIN, an acronym for the
Quinault Indian Nation
The Quinault Indian Nation ( or ; QIN), formerly known as the Quinault Tribe of the Quinault Reservation, is a federally recognized tribe of Quinault, Queets, Quileute, Hoh, Chehalis, Chinook, and Cowlitz peoples. , Native American peoples in the United States
* qin(), one representation of the
functional fourth root of sin()
See also
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Qin Empire (disambiguation)
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