xian

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. özel isim Alternative spelling of Xi'an.

   “3. One reason for the growth and success of ninth-century cities like Baghdad, Constantinople and Ch'ang-an (Xian) was that they . . . a. were part of the Roman Empire b. tolerated religious diversity c. traded only with people from their immediate region d. were located on major trade routes”

2. özel isim A surname from Chinese.
3. isim Abbreviation of Christian.
4. sıfat Abbreviation of Christian.
5. isim 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).)

   “Tight and dense motifs occur on bronzes excavated in 1923 from a tomb at Lijialou at Xinzheng Xian in southern Henan attributed to the small state of Zheng.”

6. isim Alternative form of Xian: Christian.
7. sıfat Alternative form of Xian: Christian.

   “But what an epoch in the xian world—what a time for a xian Orator to make a deep & eternal impression on socity^([sic]).”

8. sıfat Alternative spelling of sian (“bored, boring”).