xian
The English word “xian” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- An administrative subdivision of imperial, republican, and communist China roughly equivalent to counties, now distinguished from the more urban "districts" (qu). (Alternative form of hsien for Taiwan (ROC).)
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 縣 /县.
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