sian
/ʃɑn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from Welsh [in turn from Hebrew].
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Alternative form of Siyan.
name
Alternative form of Xi'an.
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An endangered language spoken in the Belaga, Sarawak District in east Malaysia. It has no written form.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "[Y]ou know you’re not the only one around who is bored and sian and tired of being bored and sian."
- "“In a country where aspiration drives so much of who we are and what we want, it’s particularly sian to feel stuck,” he suggested."
- "— Sian. Fucking sian. — Complain less. You bite that pencil anymore next time got termites inside you."
- "As the day drew near it was obvious that it would not bring unmixed joy. Ominous rumors were coming from Sian in the northwest, where Young Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang and his troops were now stationed."
- "Chiang refused to see any Communists in Sian until Mme Chiang arrived, according to X. Chou (En-lai) went to Mme Chiang and begged her to arrange an interview with Chiang. She finally agreed. Chou was very apologetic all the time he talked to Chiang."
- "After King Wu of Chou had defeated the Shang, the Chou kings continued to rule from ancestral territory, their capital Hao-ching being situated a short distance south-west of modern Sian."
Etymology
From Hokkien 𤺪 (siān).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ʃɑn/
- British English: /ʃɑːn/