Xian

Quick meaning: Xian is a noun meaning (sometimes derogatory or offensive) Alternative form of Xian: Christian.

Meaning

(sometimes derogatory or offensive) Alternative form of Xian: Christian.

More Meanings

1. (Singapore, Singlish) Alternative spelling of sian (“bored, boring”).
2. (China, Taiwan) An administrative subdivision of imperial, republican, and communist China roughly equivalent to counties, now distinguished from the more urban "districts" (qu). (Alternative form of hsien for Taiwan (ROC).)

Example Sentences

But what an epoch in the xian world—what a time for a xian Orator to make a deep & eternal impression on socity^([sic]).

At the time of the elections (1980) Nanjing was subdivided into three suburban counties (xian) and nine urban districts (qu).

The Henan Mongol autonomous county (xian) is inhabited by Tsoros Mongols, and there are Ööld Mongols in the Huzhu autonomous county.

Tight and dense motifs occur on bronzes excavated in 1923 from a tomb at Lijialou at Xinzheng Xian in southern Henan attributed to the small state of Zheng.

Word Forms

• xians

Synonyms for xian

Depending on context, synonyms include county, sian.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sian, hsien, yin, hin, constitution, gazette.

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