different between sian vs xian

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Pronoun

sian

1. accusative singular of sia

Finnish

Noun

sian

1. Genitive singular form of sika.

Anagrams

• anis, nais, nais-, sain

Old Dutch

Etymology

From earlier *sehan, from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan.

Verb

sian

1. to see

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• anasian
• bisian
• farsian

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: sien
  • Dutch: zien
    • Afrikaans: sien
  • Limburgish: zeen

Further reading

• “sian”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish síon

Noun

sian m (genitive singular sìne, plural siantan)

1. (rough) weather, storm
2. anything, a thing

See also

• sìon

English

Etymology 1

From the pinyin romanization of Chinese ? (xiàn).

Alternative forms

• hsien (archaic)

Noun

xian (plural xians)

1. (China) An administrative subdivision of imperial, republican, and communist China roughly equivalent to counties, now distinguished from the more urban "districts" (qu).

   Synonym: county

Etymology 2

An alternative capitalization of Xian.

Noun

xian (plural xians)

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

Adjective

xian (not comparable)

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

References

• What does 'xian' mean?

Anagrams

• Axin, Naxi, axin

Mandarin

Romanization

xian

1. Nonstandard spelling of xi?n.
2. Nonstandard spelling of xián.
3. Nonstandard spelling of xi?n.
4. Nonstandard spelling of xiàn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.