xian
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Xian
Xiannouna city in and the capital of Shaanxi province, in central China: capital of the ancient Chinese Empire.
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Xi'an
Xi'announan 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)
xian
1 American
[shyahn]
/ ʃjɑn /
noun
Xian
2
American
[shee-ahn]
/ ˈʃiˈɑn /
(Older Spellings)
Sian
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Xi'an
noun
Pinyin.
Xi'an
British
/ ʃjɑːn /
noun
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The honeyed, minerally aromatics of lao xian weng, also called Eternity, will dazzle even the most well-versed tea lover.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
The key to quality Sichuan cooking, notes Dunlop, is not to drown out the dish’s essential xian with red chile oil, ginger, garlic, pickled chiles or any other pungent ingredient.
From Washington Post ● May 15, 2018
“The strong flavors,” she writes, “are not meant to obliterate the natural tastes of the raw ingredients, and you should be able to taste their xian at the heart of all this spiciness.”
From Washington Post ● May 15, 2018
Hand-pulled string noodles, called mian xian in Mandarin, have been made for around 2,000 years.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2014
The Northern Chinese restaurant is known for its meat-and-vegetable-stuffed pies known as xian bing as well as its savory pancakes, beef rolls and six-layer minced “homeland meat cake.”
From Los Angeles Times
The owners, Lin Wang, 46, and Xian Wang, 48, both of San Jose, were arrested Sept. 10, as was Rui Wang, 42, described as a managing employee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
As BNP Paribas analyst Xian Siew put it, investor expectations had “come down meaningfully” since the last earnings report, given higher fuel prices and worries about profitability.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026
Ying Xian Wong is a reporter with Dow Jones Newswires in Kuala Lumpur, mainly covering Malaysia's business, markets and finance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
“Is the MBS purchase QE? In my opinion, the answer is no,” said Tan Kai Xian, analyst at Gavekal.
From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026
The card allotted to Gissing was marked, in Mr. Poodle's neat script, Friendly, but vague as to definite participation in Xian activities.
From Where the Blue Begins by Christopher Morley
Research involving a group of scientists from Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Stanford University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences points to an intriguing possibility.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Rail infrastructure linking Tehran to the Chinese cities of Yiwu and Xi’an already exists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
“Short-haul transport of methanol from Iran to the rest of the Persian Gulf; crew change in Dubai,” said one advertisement posted this month by a ship management company in the city of Xi’an recruiting seafarers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
"We used to have more than a dozen people in our team. Now I reckon maybe four to five people are sufficient," the veteran seller from Xi'an said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026
Zhao, who hails from Xi'an in north central China, moved to the UK in 2016 and will be appearing in the third ranking event final of his career.
From BBC ● May 3, 2025
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