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Shih-yen

Shih-yen is the alternative form of Shiyan.

Meaning of Shiyan

Proper noun

Shiyan

  1. A prefecture-level city of Hubei, China.
    • Huangkang and Yunyang prefectures and Wuhan and Shihyen municipalities have fulfilled 85 percent of the autumn sowing plans for summer grain.[1978 November 21 [1978 November 12], “Hupeh Autumn Sowing”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 225, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page H 7

Origin of Shih-yen

From Mandarin 十堰 (Shíyàn), Wade-Giles romanization: Shih²-yen⁴.

Questions about Shih-yen

What is Shih-yen the alternative form of?
Shih-yen is the alternative form of Shiyan.

Words near Shih-yen in the dictionary

  1. shih-poo
  2. shih-poos
  3. Shih-shou
  4. shih-tzu
  5. Shih-tzu-shan
  6. Shih-yen
  7. Shihadeh
  8. Shihadehs
  9. Shihchiachuang
  10. Shihchih
  11. Shihding

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Shih-yen (page history and authors); Shiyan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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