Sichuan

American  

[sich-wahn, sich-oo-ahn, sœ-chwahn] / ˈsɪtʃˈwɑn, ˈsɪtʃ uˌɑn, ˈsœˈtʃwɑn /

Chinese Szechwan,

noun

Pinyin.

1. a province in southern central China. 219,691 sq. mi. (569,000 sq. km). Chengdu.

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Sichuan British  

/ ˈsɪtʃwɑːn /

noun

1. a province of SW China: the most populous administrative division in the country, esp in the central Red Basin, where it is crossed by three main tributaries of the Yangtze. Capital: Chengdu. Pop: 81 000 000 (2003 est). Area: about 569 800 sq km (220 000 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Her mother was a Chinese medicine and acupuncture doctor, and her father was a physician in Sichuan province before working at USC, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

But he thrived in China’s era of economic opening, leaving home in the inland province of Sichuan for factory work on the coast.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

The research was led by scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Sichuan University in China.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

Chengdu is China's fourth-largest city and the capital of southwestern Sichuan province, home to the country's iconic giant pandas.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

Each time, the berserker blasted a spice cart and sent plumes of red Sichuan peppercorns, yellow mustard, purple basil, blue juniper, black sesame, brown cumin, and green ginger whirling into the air.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri