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sian¹

  • /sjɛn˨/ Singapore

Where it comes from

From Hokkien 𤺪 (siān).

adjective more sian · most sian · xian

  1. 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.
  2. Singapore, Singlish, colloquial Repetitive and boring, wearisome. — Sian. Fucking sian. — Complain less. You bite that pencil anymore next time got termites inside you.

Sian²

  • /ʃɑːn/ British, Northern England, UK
  • /ʃɑn/ US
  • /ʃɐːn/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /ʃaːn/ Wales
  • /ʃan/ Scotland

Sounds like Sean, Shaun, Shawn (all only in accents with both the cot–caught merger and father–bother merger) · Rhymes with -ɑːn

Where it comes from

An anglicization of Welsh Siân, ultimately from Latin Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets.

Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.

proper noun

  1. A female given name from Welsh [in turn from Hebrew].

Sian³

Where it comes from

From Central Kurdish سیان (syan).

proper noun

  1. alternative Alternative form of Siyan

Sian⁴

Where it comes from

From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 西安 (Xī'ān).

proper noun

  1. 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.

Sian⁵

proper noun

  1. An endangered language spoken in the Belaga, Sarawak District in east Malaysia. It has no written form.

Sian⁶

proper noun Sians

  1. A surname.

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@misc{sian_2026,
  title = {sian},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sian},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}