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Hsian

British  
/ ʃjɑːn /

noun

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

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

From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 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

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

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

In Hsian, books have been purchased by all classes from the governor of the province down to the humblest scholar, and the aristocracy have organized classes, and are inviting the foreigners to lecture to them.

From Court Life in China by Headland, Isaac Taylor