hsien

plural hsiens · alternative Hsien · alternative Hanyu Pinyin xian

1. TaiwanAn administrative subdivision of Taiwan, commonly translated as county. (Alternative form of xian for mainland China.)

   In the hsien, there shall be a hsien government with a hsien magistrate who shall be elected by the people of the hsien.

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   The fruit is largely eaten, the best coming from Yü-chau hien in Honan, and from Han-yang fu and T'ung-shan hien in Hupeh.

   [1871, Frederick Porter Smith, Contributions Towards the Materia Medica & Natural History, →OCLC, page 176

   General Li Shu-ch’eng was born at Ch’ien-chiang Hsien, Hupei province, in 1873 and was a salaried licentiate or Linsheng in the Ching Dynasty.

   1924 August 2, “Who's Who in China”, in The China Weekly Review, volume XXIX, number 9, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 316, column 2

   Tea certificates were issued by the magistrates of the following localities: Ch'ien-shan and sixteen other hsien in Anhui; Shan-hua and sixteen other hsien in Hunan. In Hupeh, certificates were issued by the magistrate of Chien-shih to tea merchants. In Hsien-ning and six other chou and hsien, tea planters also received certificates to sell tea (Hu-pu tse-li, 32:4-5).

   1962, T’ung-tsu Ch’ü, Local Government in China under the Ch'ing, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 299

   (2) Huaipin hsien is restored; its present administrative area is the administrative area of the former Huaipin hsien incorporated into Hsi hsien and the two administrative areas of Ch'issu and Changchuang ch'u of the former Huaipin hsien incorporated into Kushih hsien.

   1963, Survey of China Mainland Press, numbers 2889–2909, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2

   A native of Chihsi hsien, Anhwei, Hu Shih was born in Shanghai.

   1968, “Hu Shih”, in Biographical Dictionary of Republican China, volume II, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 167

   Synonyms: county

plural Hsiens

1. alternativeAlternative form of hsien.

   Nestled in Nantou Hsien, Taiwan, this distillery was founded by the Taiwan Tobacco & Liquor Corporation in 1978, however, it was only in 2008 that it produced its first whisky.

   2022 May 30, Trinetra Paul, “10 best Asian whisky brands on our radar right now and where you can buy them”, in Lifestyle Asia, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023, Dining

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   In Ch'iung-hai Hsien of the same island, this year "Chen-chu-ai" has been cultivated over vast areas, yielding large increases and as 2,730 tons of the breed already harvested in June have been sent to Chekiang province, it is expected that it will be cultivated widely in Chekiang in 1966.

   1965 [1965 July 15], “The "Kwang-ch'ang-ai" and "Chen-chu-ai" Breeds”, in AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINED BY CROP IMPROVEMENT IN CHINA, CIA, published 2003, Document Number: CIA-RDP78-04546A003200010004-4, page 6

   To respond to clients’ requirements, we built a plant in Douliu industrial area of Yunlin Hsien in 1998 and cooperated with world-famous additive supplier, which supplies formulation of materials and technology for us to manufacture lubricant for automobiles and industry.

   2016 August 29, Frank R., “High Performance Motorcycle Lubricants Provider – MIN JUNG HONG”, in B2B Tool Online, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2020