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Hsian

British  
/ ʃjɑːn /

noun

  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Xi'an

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Food stall owner Hsian Fuh Mei said he was supporting Huang.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2022

Hanny Hsian, a 38-year-old flight attendant who lives in Taipei with her American husband and two children, typifies that change.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2022

But for Mota Lin, City Chjen, Su Guo-zhen, Hanny Hsian and the other 23 million people of Taiwan, the stakes could not be higher.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2022

Hsueh-Tung Chen was born on June 23, 1947, to Chiang and Hsian Yuan Ming Chen, and raised in Taiwan.

From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2022

A priest in the Hsi yu chi, 326; and Kuan Yin, 3341 baggage coolie to Hsian Chuang, 334–335; journeys with the Master, 341 sq.; his reward, 368 Sha Wu-ching.

From Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

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