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

A state:

• Qin (state), a state of China during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
• Qin Dynasty, which followed Qin's unification of China
• The Former Qin (Di), Later Qin (Qiang) and Western Qin (Xianbei) in the Sixteen Kingdoms period.

A person:

• Qin Shi Huang, founder of the Qin Dynasty.

A musical instrument:

• 「琴」, 「琹」 or 「珡」: The historical name of the guqin 「古琴」 Chinese stringed musical instrument
• 「琴」: A general term for a stringed musical instrument in Chinese. Nowadays, it generally has come to mean the piano or 「鋼琴」 (gangqin), but may also refer to zither (including the hammered dulcimer), keyboard instrument, and other instruments that is played similarly to piano, such as harmonica

A Chinese last name:

• 「秦」: From the Qin (state)
• 「覃」: Deep, usually referring to the depth of water.

Others:

• King Qin, a title of the Emperor Tang Taizong of China
• 秦, or Qín, an abbreviation for the Shaanxi province of the People's Republic of China

See also

• Daqin

External links

• Chinese surname history: Qin

Chinese family names

Qin | Tần | 秦