hsien
English
Etymology
Wade–Giles
Noun
hsien (plural hsiens)
- (archaic) Alternative form of xian, an administrative subdivision of China.
- [1871, Smith, Frederick Porter, Contributions Towards the Materia Medica & Natural History, OCLC 79943635, page 176:
- The fruit is largely eaten, the best coming from Yü-chau hien in Honan, and from Han-yang fu and T'ung-shan hien in Hupeh.]
- 1962, Tʻung-tsu Chʻü, Local Government in China under the Ch'ing, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, LCCN 62-11396, OCLC 1024869932, page 299:
- Tea certificates were issued by the magistrates of the following localities: Ch'ien-shan and sixteen other hsien in Anhui; Shan-hua and sixteen other hsien in Hunan. In Hupeh, certificates were issued by the magistrate of Chien-shih to tea merchants. In Hsien-ning and six other chou and hsien, tea planters also received certificates to sell tea (Hu-pu tse-li, 32:4-5).
- 1981, Yu Lu, You Lu, Chun-shu Chang, Joan Smythe, South China in the Twelfth Century: A Translation of Lu Yu's Travel Diaries, July 3 - December 6, 1170, Chinese University Press, →ISBN, OCLC 941843828, page 144:
- We moored at Kuan-tzu Mouth,⁶⁷ which is between the two cities of Sung-tzu and Chih-chiang (modern Chih-chiang Hsien, Hupeh). Sung-tzu was a hsien under the Chin, and from there one enters the Shu River.⁶⁸ Chih-chiang was a hsien under the Tʻang, and anciently was the State of Lo.⁶⁹
- 1987, “Chin-shih”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 3, 15th edition, →ISBN, LCCN 85-82101, OCLC 852039661, page 220, column 3:
- Chin-shih is a market town in Li County (hsien) in Ch'ang-te Prefecture (ti-ch'ü).
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Derived terms
- Chia-hsien
- P'i Hsien
Anagrams
- Enshi, Heins, Hines, NIEHS, Shine, shine