Qin （秦）

Qin, Qin or Ch'in (Wade-Giles) can refer to...

A state:

• Qin (state) 秦国, a state of China during the Spring and Autumn 春秋  and Warring States Periods 战国 of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty 东周朝.

• Qin Dynasty 秦朝, which followed Qin's unification of China

• The Former Qin 前秦 (Di 狄), Later Qin 后秦 (Qiang 羌) and Western Qin 西秦 (Xianbei鲜卑) in the Sixteen Kingdoms period.

Others:

• King Qin 秦王, a title of the Emperor Tang Taizong of China

• 秦, or Qin, an abbreviation for the Shaanxi province 陕西省 of the People's Republic of China 中华人民共和国

• a kind of musical instrument 乐器 of China, also known as Guqin 古琴 or Gu Qin (old Qin).

See also: Daqin 大秦 /Origin of Qin

List of Hundred Chinese Surnames 中 華 百 家 姓 一 覽