Chinese words starting with “qiang”
25 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable qiang. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 3 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial q · final iang · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 4
- 2nd tone 15
- 3rd tone 6
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 强大qiáng dàHSK 3
large; formidable; powerful; strong
- 强烈qiáng lièHSK 3
strong; intense
- 强调qiáng diàoHSK 3
to emphasize (a statement); to stress
All 25 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 强 | qiáng | a,g,ad | strong; powerful; better; slightly more than; vigorous; violent; best in their category, e.g. see 百强 | |
| 2 | 抢 | qiǎng | v | to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch | |
| 3 | 枪 | qiāng | n,q | gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots | |
| 4 | 墙 | qiáng | n | wall | |
| 5 | 抢劫 | qiǎng jié | v,vn | to rob; looting | |
| 6 | 强迫 | qiǎng pò | v,vn | to compel; to force | |
| 7 | 强制 | qiáng zhì | v,vn | to force; to compel; to coerce; forced; compulsory; Taiwan pr. [qiǎng zhì] | |
| 8 | 抢救 | qiǎng jiù | v,vn | to rescue | |
| 9 | 强行 | qiáng xíng | d | to do sth by force; Taiwan pr. [qiǎng xíng] | |
| 10 | 强度 | qiáng dù | n | strength; intensity | |
| 11 | 腔 | qiāng | g,q | (bound form) cavity; tune; accent (in one's speech); (old) (classifier for carcasses of slaughtered livestock) | |
| 12 | 强势 | qiáng shì | n | strong; powerful; (linguistics) emphatic; intensive | |
| 13 | 强劲 | qiáng jìng | a,ad | strong; powerful; robust | |
| 14 | 强硬 | qiáng yìng | a | tough; unyielding; hard-line | |
| 15 | 墙壁 | qiáng bì | n | wall | |
| 16 | 强化 | qiáng huà | v,vn | to strengthen; to intensify | |
| 17 | 强壮 | qiáng zhuàng | a,v | strong; sturdy; robust | |
| 18 | 强盗 | qiáng dào | n | to rob (with force); bandit; robber | |
| 19 | 呛 | qiāng | v | to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way) | |
| 20 | 强项 | qiáng xiàng | n | key strength; strong suit; specialty | |
| 21 | 抢夺 | qiǎng duó | v | to plunder; to pillage; to forcibly take | |
| 22 | 枪毙 | qiāng bì | v | to execute by firing squad; to shoot dead; fig. to discard; to get rid of | |
| 23 | 抢眼 | qiǎng yǎn | a,v | eye-catching | |
| 24 | 强加 | qiáng jiā | v | to impose; to force upon | |
| 25 | 强占 | qiáng zhàn | v | to occupy by force |
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