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xiàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiàn | xian4
English translation
county
county, district, subdivision

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About xiàn

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

xiàn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Etymology of xiàn

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Positional decomposition

且厶

Explanation

Simplified form of xiàn . Pictograph of a severed head ( shǒu ) hanging on a rope () from a tree (). Based on the original meaning "hang" or "suspend". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The traditional component was removed for simplification.

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Example sentences using xiàn

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Mài xiàn de rén 从来 cónglái 这么 zhè me Tán huà , 不谈这些 zhè xiē shì .

People in Madison County didn't talk this way, about these things.

自治州 zì zhì zhōu 分为 fēn wéi xiàn 自治县 zì zhì xiàn shì .

Autonomous prefectures are divided into counties, autonomous counties, and cities.

一年 Hòu , bèi 正式 zhèngshì 任命 rènmìng wéi xiàn de 土地 tǔdì 测量 cèliáng yuán .

He was appointed official county surveyor a year later.

审计员 shěn jì yuán 查对 chá duì 所有 suǒyǒu xiàn 官员 guān yuán 部门 bùmén de zhàng .

The auditor examines the accounts of all county officers and departments.

收取 shōu qǔ 税款 shuì kuǎn bìng 支付 zhī fù xiàn zhài .

The treasurer receives tax collections and pays the county's debts.

Words with xiàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xiàn county xiàn
县政府 xiàn zhèng fǔ county administration縣政府
县城 xiàn chéng county seat縣城
县委 xiàn wěi CPC county committee縣委
县级 xiàn jí county level縣級
县长 xiàn zhǎng county's head commissioner縣長
叶县 Yè xiàn Ye county in Pingdingshan 平頂山|平顶山 Píng dǐng shān [Píng​dǐng​shān], Henan葉縣
知县 zhī xiàn county head magistrate (old)知縣
市县 shì xiàn towns and counties市縣
林县 Lín xiàn Lin county in Henan林縣
沙县 Shā xiàn Sha county in Sanming 三明 Sān míng [Sān​míng], Fujian沙縣
静冈县 Jìng gāng xiàn Shizuoka prefecture southwest of Tokyo, Japan靜岡縣
冲绳县 Chōng shéng xiàn Okinawa prefecture, Japan沖繩縣
万县 Wàn xiàn Wanxian port city on the Changjiang or Yangtze river in Sichuan, renamed Wanzhou district in Chongqing municipality in 1990萬縣
华县 Huá xiàn Hua county in Shaanxi華縣
秋田县 Qiū tián xiàn Akita prefecture, northeast Japan秋田縣
和县 Hé xiàn He county in Chaohu 巢湖 Cháo hú [Cháo​hú], Anhui和縣
县令 xiàn lìng county magistrate (during Tang to Qing times)縣令
开县 Kāi xiàn Kai county in Wanzhou suburbs of north Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan開縣
同安县 Tóng ān xiàn former Tong'an county, now Tong'an district 同安區|同安区 Tóng ān qū [Tóng​'ān​qū] of Xiamen city, Fujian同安縣

xiàn Decomposition & Compounds

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xiàn Decomposition

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xiàn Compounds

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  • xiàn
    • biāo
      • máo , bìn , zōng , liè , , , sōng , rán , kūn , kūn , , fǎng , dàn , kūn , bìn , , tiáo , , máo , xiū , kuò , zhuā , shāo , , , péng , quán , jiān , , jiū , , lián , zhěn , sān , màn , mán , sēng , huán , kuài , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • , 髿, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , bìn ,
    • xuán ,
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