Definitions from Wiktionary (Xian)

▸ noun:  A surname from Chinese.
▸ noun:  (China, Taiwan) 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).)
▸ noun:  (sometimes proscribed) Alternative form of Xi'an, the provincial capital of Shaanxi, in central China. [The provincial capital of Shaanxi, China; a subprovincial city in central China famed as the former capital of numerous Chinese dynasties, also known as Chang'an among other historical names.]
▸ noun:  (sometimes derogatory or offensive) Abbreviation of Christian. [A believer in Christianity.]
▸ adjective:  (sometimes derogatory or offensive) Abbreviation of Christian. [(not comparable) Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.]
▸ noun:  (sometimes derogatory or offensive) Alternative form of Xian: Christian. [A surname from Chinese.]
▸ adjective:  (sometimes derogatory or offensive) Alternative form of Xian: Christian.
▸ adjective:  (Singapore, Singlish) Alternative spelling of sian (“bored, boring”) [(colloquial, Singapore, Singlish) Bored, weary or fed-up.]

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