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PRONUNCIATION OF SI-MA QIAN

Si-ma Qian  [ˈsiːmɑː ˈtʃɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SI-MA QIAN

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Si-Ma Qian is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SI-MA QIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Si-ma Qian in the English dictionary

The definition of Si-ma Qian in the dictionary is ?145–?85 bc, Chinese historian, author of the Shih-chi, a history of China from earliest times to the 2nd century bc, usually considered the greatest historical work in Chinese.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SI-MA QIAN


Appalachian
ˌæpəˈleɪtʃɪən
Boeotian
bɪˈəʊʃɪən
Cilician
sɪˈlɪʃɪən
Comanchean
kəˈmæntʃɪən
Galician
ɡəˈlɪʃɪən
Gratian
ˈɡreɪʃɪən
Haitian
ˈheɪʃɪən
Kampuchean
ˌkæmpʊˈtʃɪən
Laotian
ˈlaʊʃɪən
Laplacian
ləˈpleɪʃɪən
Lilliputian
ˌlɪlɪˈpjuːʃɪən
Lusatian
luːˈseɪʃɪən
Mercian
ˈmɜːʃɪən
Nietzschean
ˈniːtʃɪən
Ordovician
ˌɔːdəʊˈvɪʃɪən
Priscian
ˈprɪʃɪən
Sarmatian
sɑːˈmeɪʃɪən
Silesian
saɪˈliːʃɪən
Thracian
ˈθreɪʃɪən
Tsimshian
ˈtʃɪmʃɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SI-MA QIAN

Si Kiang
SI unit
sial
sialagogic
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sialic
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sialidan
Sialkot
sialogogic
sialogogue
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sialography
sialoid
sialolith
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sialorrhoea
Siam
siamang
Siamese

WORDS THAT END LIKE SI-MA QIAN

Adrian
Asian
Australian
Brazilian
Brian
Bulgarian
Canadian
Christian
Egyptian
guardian
humanitarian
Hungarian
Indian
Indonesian
Italian
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Synonyms and antonyms of Si-ma Qian in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translator English - Chinese

司马谦
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Si- ma Qian
570 millions of speakers

English

Si-ma Qian
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सी मा कियान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سي أماه تشيان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Si -ма Цянь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Si- ma Qian
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সি-মা কান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Si -ma Qian
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Si-ma Qian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Si -ma Qian
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

のSi- MA銭
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시 - mA 키안
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Si-ma Qian
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Si -ma Qian
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சி-மா கியான்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सी-मा क्वियन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Si-ma Qian
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Si -ma Qian
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Si -ma Qian
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Si - ма Цянь
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Si- ma Qian
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Si - ma Qian
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Si -ma Qian
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Si - ma Qian
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Si- ma Qian
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SI-MA QIAN»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SI-MA QIAN»

Discover the use of Si-ma Qian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Si-ma Qian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Songs of the South: An Ancient Chinese Anthology of ...
we collate all that Si-ma Qian says about works written by Qu Yuan, we come up with this rather peculiar list: Li sao Tian wen Ai Ying Huai sha Zhao hun Nos. 3 and 5 ofJiu zhang Modern Chinese scholars have made somewhat heavy weather ...
‎2011
2
Old World Empires: Cultures of Power and Governance in Eurasia
The Han developed a system of archives that stretched from the center to the local government level and continued the apprenticeship system of recruitment. 48 It was from the material in these archives that the Han historian, Si Ma Qian, wrote ...
Assistant Professor of History Ilhan Niaz, Ilhan Niaz, 2014
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《内經知要》譯詁:
Chun-Yu Yi 淳于意 was probably the most famous ancient doctor on record, so much so that Si-Ma Qian dedicated a biography (liezhuan 列傳) to him and Bianque 扁鵲.6 While the life and medical practice of Bianque (Qin Yue-ren 秦越 人) ...
李中梓, 2010
4
Viet Nam: Borderless Histories
It is unlikely that Ngô SË Liên would have edited a thirty-volume /Әi ViӾt sԤ ký down to a mere fifteen-volume Toàn thч.4 The Toàn thч, which was modeled after Si Ma Qian's Shi ji, provides a chronological historical narration beginning with ...
Nhung Tuyet Tran, Anthony Reid, 2006
5
Rethinking Mao: Explorations in Mao Zedong's Thought
Xun Zi, for example, perceived history as a series of circles passing repeatedly through the same or similar points, while Si-ma Qian perceived patterns of history as being constantly repeated but not necessarily returning to the temporal point ...
Nick Knight, 2007
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Economic Development in Twentieth-Century East Asia: The ...
Si-ma Qian (145–86 BC) is the bestknown Chinese historian and his Historical Records is a world-famous masterpiece. 2 All the quotations in this paragraph are taken from Shiming Hu (1990:82). 3 The material in this paragraph is extracted ...
Aiko Ikeo, 2006
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The Oxford Handbook of World Philosophy
... 367 self—emptiness (rang stong), 271 self-knowledge, 110 selflessness, and impermanence, 188 self—marking particular (svalaksana), 259n22 self—mastery (swaraj), 180 in Mahayana Buddhism, 288 Si-Ma Qian (Sima Qian; Si-ma Qian),.
Jay L. Garfield, William Edelglass, 2011
8
Conscience and Ethos: Thinking Across the Limits of Normativity
79 See Ibid, p. 57-61. 80 Si-ma Qian, History, Chapter Biography of Confucius 孔子世家. 81 WenYi-duo,p. 99-100. 82 Wen Yi-duo, p. 95-6 83 Ibid, p. 96-8. 84 Si- ma Qian, History, Chapter History of Zhou Dynasty. 85 See Appendix, Picture 1.
Hua Wang, 2006
9
THE ROUTLEDGE HISTORY OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY
(sage-king) 114, 115, 120,311, 36641368, 401, 549 Shun, Kwong-loi (Xin Cuang -lai) 195, 592 Si-ma Yi (1794251) 313, 318 Silk Road 326, 340 Si-ma, Qian ( 145486) 164 Si-ma, Tan (110 BCE), 'On the Essential Ideas of the Six Schools' 164, ...
Bo Mou, 2008
10
Confucianism
Much of Confucius's official biography was written down by Si-ma Qian, a Chinese historian who lived in the century preceding the common era—nearly four centuries after Confucius's death. Si-ma Qian was a careful historian who openly ...
Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler, 2009

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« EDUCALINGO. Si-Ma Qian [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/si-ma-qian>. Apr 2024 ».
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