xian

¹

[shyahn]

noun

1. hsien.

Xian

²

(Older Spellings) Si·an
(Older Spellings)
Or Xi'·an

[shee-ahn]

noun

Pinyin.

1. a city in and the capital of Shaanxi province, in central China: capital of the ancient Chinese Empire.

Xi'an

/ ʃjɑːn /

noun

1. Former names: Changan.  Siking. an industrial city in central China, capital of Shaanxi province: capital of China for 970 years at various times between the 3rd century _bc and the 10th century _ad ; seat of the Northwestern University (1937); famous for Qin dynasty emperor Qinshihuang's tomb (207 _bc ) with 8000-strong terracotta army. Pop: 3 256 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Known colloquially as zou xian ke, or "those who walked the line", they represent a new wave of migration driven by authoritarian tightening at home and the belief – sometimes naive, often desperate – that the US still offers a fair shot at a better life.

From BBC

Russian TU-95MS strategic missile carriers and the Chinese air force's Xian H-6 strategic bombers were deployed, according to Russia.

From BBC

Hui-Chen Lu, professor and director of the Linda and Jack Gill Center for Biomolecular Science at IU, alongside graduate students Sen Yang and Zhen Xian Niou, found that nicotinamide nucleotide adenylyl transferase 2, or NMNAT2, provides energy to axons independent of the mitochondria.

From Science Daily

And representing the present-day sound of contemporary, improvised music was Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah, a New Orleans-born trumpeter with a musical philosophy basically opposed to Marsalis’s conservatism.

From New York Times

He’s been a key player in legendary groups like the West Coast Get Down; Dinner Party, with collaborators Kamasi Washington, 9th Wonder and Glasper; and R+R=NOW, a band assembled by Glasper that includes Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah, Taylor McFerrin, Derrick Hodge and Justin Tyson.

From Los Angeles Times