Shan

[ shahn, shan ]

noun

, plural Shans, (especially collectively) Shan.

1. a group of Mongoloid tribes in the hills of Myanmar (Burma).
2. a language spoken in the Shan States and belonging to the Tai group of languages.

Shan

/ ʃɑːn /

noun

1. ShansShan a member of a Mongoloid people living in Myanmar, Thailand, and SW China
2. the language or group of dialects spoken by the Shan, belonging to the Sino-Tibetan family and closely related to Thai

Example Sentences

Shan is almost always working, taking calls from customers wanting to book the neck and back or foot massage combo, or the Ponce Feet spa’s $120 couple’s massage.

From Time

In fact, when Shan told his mother, 64, he would be speaking with me Thursday morning, she had a revelation of her own, something she’d kept to herself for some time.

From Time

A woman working as a massage therapist for Shan had already told him that a customer brought a loaded gun into one of the massage rooms not long ago.

From Time

In Savannah, where average rents have increased more than 40% since 2005, Shan, Monique, their daughter Shania, and Monique’s grandson once lived together in a single hotel room.

From Time

Shan is back to work at a new trucking job, and the family is expecting a check for unemployment benefits backpay that could pull them out of debt.

From Time

Then, in acknowledging her husband, Jiang Shan: “You are a nice guy,” she says.

From The Daily Beast

Fu Shan was always some stuck on his own intellect, and at that time he thought he could play cards, but he couldn't.

From Project Gutenberg

Fu Shan smoked scented and sugared tobacco in a porcelain pipe with an ivory stem.

From Project Gutenberg

Fu Shan ain't sure what the old man's idea was, whether it was pure business or not.

From Project Gutenberg

But they appeared to think Lum Shan, or me, was a sort financial manager, that managed affairs mysterious.

From Project Gutenberg

In olden times the place was unknown, but can be doubtfully identified with A-nok-ta-shan in the annotation of Shui-ching.

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