Xian

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 专有名词
中文释义
发音 shyěn

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Abbreviation of Christian. abbreviation,alt-of,derogatory,offensive,sometimes
形容词 adj.
  1. Abbreviation of Christian. abbreviation,alt-of,derogatory,not-comparable,offensive
专有名词
  1. Alternative spelling of Xi'an. alt-of,alternative,proscribed,sometimes
    — "Archeologists drew almost a complete blank in their search of the inner tomb," the official New China News Agency said Saturday in a report of excavations at the tomb site, thought to be between 2,200 and 2,800 years old. The site is in Fengxiang County of Shaanxi Province, about 90 miles west of the ancient Yellow River capital of Xian.
  2. A surname from Chinese.

词形变化

Xians plural Xians plural xian alternative Xtian alternative xian alternative Xtian alternative

词源

词源 1
c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Chinese 西安 (Xī'ān, “Western Peace”), without syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)).
词源 2
Borrowed from Chinese 咸 (Xián).
词源 3
From X as a stand-in for Ancient Greek Χ (Kh) as an initial representing Χριστος (Khristos, “Christ, the Anointed One”), q.v. In present use, a modern coinage after the model of Xmas.
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