kiang
IPA: kˈiʌŋ
noun
- A large wild ass, Equus kiang, native to the Tibetan Plateau.
- (obsolete) Synonym of Yangtze, the chief river of central China.
- A surname from Chinese.
- Obsolete form of Jiang. [A surname from Mandarin.]
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Examples of "kiang" in Sentences
- We meet the Indian rhino, a fearsome ass called the kiang, a yak.
- The Ch'ien T'ang River in Chêkiang is famous for its bore, or tidal wave.
- Immense herds of kiang (wild asses) and drong (wild yak) freely roamed the great plains.
- Again, there is the "kiang" met with in Ladakh, and the "yo-totze," an inhabitant of Chinese Tartary.
- Again, there is the "kiang" (_Asinus kiang_) met with in Ladakh, and the "yo-totze" (_Asinus equulus_), an inhabitant of
- In the small southern town of Chin-kiang, in the last days of the nineteenth century, two young girls bump heads and become thick as thieves.
- The Latin name for the wild ass, _Equus kiang_, indicates his close relationship to the horse, and "kiang" is what he is called by the people of Tibet.
- At early morn we land and pursue our way for a few miles across country to Lin-kiang, which is situated on a big tributary stream a few miles above its junction with the Kan-kiang.
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