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kiang¹

  • /kiˈɑŋ/ US
  • /kiˈæŋ/ UK

Rhymes with (General American) -ɑŋ, (Received Pronunciation) -æŋ

Where it comes from

From Tibetan རྐྱང (rkyang, “wild ass”).

noun kiangs · kiyang · kyang

  1. A large wild ass, Equus kiang, native to the Tibetan Plateau.

Kiang²

  • /kjɑŋ/
  • /kjæŋ/
  • /kiˈɑŋ/
  • /kiˈæŋ/

Where it comes from

A romanization of various Chinese words which lack the palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ], which would be rendered jiāng, jiǎng, or jiàng in Mandarin pinyin. Particularly used for Mandarin 江 (Jiāng, “The River”) frequently in specific reference to the Yangtze.

proper noun

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of Jiang
  2. obsolete Synonym of Yangtze, the chief river of central China. All China was formerly divided by the Chineſe Emperour Xunus into 12 Provinces; afterwards the Emperour Yua, who took upon him the Government after the death of Xunus, about 260 years before the Incarnation of our Saviour, reduced all China into Nine Provinces, which only at that time comprehended t

    Similar: Yangtze

Kiang³

Where it comes from

Variant of Jiang.

proper noun Kiangs

  1. A surname from Chinese.

Translations

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noun Equus kiang

Françaiskiang
DeutschKiang, Tibet-Wildesel

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"kiang." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kiang. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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kiang. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kiang

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"kiang." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kiang.

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@misc{kiang_2026,
  title = {kiang},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kiang},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}