sian
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/sjɛn˨/
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/sjɛn˨/ · /ʃɑːn/
Definition of sian
7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(Singapore, Singlish, colloquial)Bored, weary or fed up; tired (of something).
“[Y]ou know you’re not the only one around who is bored and sian and tired of being bored and sian.”
““In a country where aspiration drives so much of who we are and what we want, it’s particularly sian to feel stuck,” he suggested.”
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adj
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(Singapore, Singlish, colloquial)Bored, weary or fed up; tired (of something).
“[Y]ou know you’re not the only one around who is bored and sian and tired of being bored and sian.”
““In a country where aspiration drives so much of who we are and what we want, it’s particularly sian to feel stuck,” he suggested.”
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(Singapore, Singlish, colloquial)Repetitive and boring, wearisome.
“— Sian. Fucking sian. — Complain less. You bite that pencil anymore next time got termites inside you.”
name
- A female given name from Welsh [in turn from Hebrew].
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Siyan.
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(alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Xi'an.
“As the day drew near it was obvious that it would not bring unmixed joy. Ominous rumors were coming from Sian in the northwest, where Young Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang and his troops were now stationed.”
“Chiang refused to see any Communists in Sian until Mme Chiang arrived, according to X. Chou (En-lai) went to Mme Chiang and begged her to arrange an interview with Chiang. She finally agreed. Chou was very apologetic all the time he talked to Chiang.”
“After King Wu of Chou had defeated the Shang, the Chou kings continued to rule from ancestral territory, their capital Hao-ching being situated a short distance south-west of modern Sian.”
“On our car journey to the tomb of the First Emperor at Mount Li, some forty kilometres (twenty-five miles) east of Sian, the capital of Shensi province, we passed through Lintong, the administrative centre of an area of intensive agriculture.”
“The Chinese are not hijacking people. So the attempt to take over an airliner flying from Sian to Shanghai and bring it to Taiwan gives indication of the increasing desperation of the mainland people.”
- An endangered language spoken in the Belaga, Sarawak District in east Malaysia. It has no written form.
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Hokkien 𤺪 (siān).
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