| 乾 | gān | trad. form of 干 |
| 乾 | qián | one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing heaven; male principle; ☰; surname Qian |
| 乾隆 | Qián Lóng | Qianlong or Ch'ien-lung, emperor of the Qing dynasty, reigned sixty years (1735-1796) |
| 乾坤 | qián kūn | Heaven and earth; Yin and Yang; The Universe |
| 乾嘉三大家 | Qián Jiā sān dà jiā | Three great poets of the Qianlong and Jiaqing era (1735-1820), namely: Yuan Mei 袁枚, Jiang Shiquan 蒋士铨 and Zhao Yi 赵翼 |
| 乾安 | Qián ān | Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin |
| 乾安县 | Qián ān xiàn | Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin |
| 乾县 | Qián xiàn | Qian county in Xiányáng 咸阳, Shǎnxī 陕西 |
| 乾陵 | Qián líng | Qianling at Xianyang 咸阳市 in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 and empress Wuzetian 武则天 |
| 康乾宗迦峰 | Kāng qián zōng jiā fēng | Kachenjunga (Himalayan peak) |
| 康乾盛世 | kāng qián shèng shì | booming and golden age of Qing dynasty (from Kang Xi to Qian Long emperors) |
| 旋乾转坤 | xuán qián zhuǎn kūn | lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering; a radical change |
| 竺乾 | Zhú qián | Buddha (archaic); Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) |
| 萧乾 | Xiāo Qián | Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator |
