Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Hai'an.
The district of Haian includes some 60 to 70,000 people. The-place itself is not a walled city, but nevertheless a very busy town.
1933, “Rev. A. H. Smit's Field and Work”, in China Mission Field, Christian Reformed Church, page 172 more examples
Workers iron shirts in an apparel factory in Haian city, in east China’s Jiangsu province, on August 27. While China has lost market share in some sectors such as apparel exports, it has still managed to contribute far more to overall export growth than any other economy.
2020 September 17, Yukon Huang, Jeremy Smith, “Why trade will continue to power China, even as it tries to look inward”, in South China Morning Post, sourced from AP, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Sep 2020, OpinionA worker wearing a face mask works on a production line manufacturing glassware products at a factory in Haian, Jiangsu province, China February 29, 2020.
2021 August 15, Liangping Gao Gao, Gabriel Crossley, “China July industrial output up 6.4%, retail sales miss forecasts”, in Ana Nicolaci da Costa, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2021, China
Origin
From Mandarin 海安 (Hǎi'ān) Wade-Giles romanization: Hai³-an¹.
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Haian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Haian
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