How to write 秦

秦 [qín] 1. A name of a vassal state during the Zhou dynasty in China, located in the present-day Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. 中国周代诸侯国名，在今陕西省和甘肃省一带。 2. A name of a dynasty in China. 中国朝代名。 3. An alternative name for Shaanxi Province in China. 中国陕西省的别称。 4. Qin, the name of the tribe ([En.] Qin tribe). The surname Ying. Legend has it that they are descendants of Boyi. 秦，部落名([En.] Qin tribe)。嬴姓。相传是伯益的后代。 5. An ancient state name ([En.] Qin state). Established by Duke Xiang of Qin, it became one of the Seven Warring States during the time of Duke Xiao of Qin and set its capital in Xianyang. 古国名([En.] Qin state)。秦襄公始立国，孝公时，成为战国七雄之一，定都咸阳。 6. A name of a dynasty (221 BC – 206 BC), the first centralist dynasty in Chinese history established after the state of Qin unified all of China. 朝代名(公元前221—公元前206年)，是由周朝的秦国（在今陕西甘肃一带）统一全中国后建立的中国历史上第一个中央集权的朝代([En.] the Qin Dynasty)。 7. During the Han dynasty, the Western Regions referred to China as Qin ([En.] China). 汉时西域诸国沿称中国为秦([En.] China)。 8. An ancient regional name ([En.] Qin district) referring to the central plain area of present-day Shaanxi Province. Named for being the region of the Qin state during the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period. 古地区名([En.] Qin district)指今陕西省中部平原地区。因春秋战国时为秦国地，故名。 9. An abbreviation for Shaanxi Province ([En.] Shanxi province). 陕西省的简称([En.] Shanxi province)。 10. A term interchangeable with "螓," referring to a type of cicada-like insect. 通“螓”。蝉的一种。