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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Hsien

  • 显manifest; evident, prominent
  • 賢virtuous; worthy, wise
  • 先first; before
Letters
5
Syllables
1
First letter
H
Character options
4
Category
Chinese syllable
  • Chinese characters显賢先憲

Hsien is a Chinese name syllable in the Wade-Giles spelling of Mandarin xian; its meaning depends on the character, such as 显 (manifest) or 賢 (virtuous).

Possible characters for Hsien

  • 显

    manifest; evident, prominent

    Mandarin xiǎn (Wade-Giles hsien)

    attested

  • 賢

    virtuous; worthy, wise

    Mandarin xián (Wade-Giles hsien)

  • 先

    first; before

    Mandarin xiān (Wade-Giles hsien)

  • 憲

    law; model, example

    Mandarin xiàn (Wade-Giles hsien)

One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.

About the name Hsien

Hsien is a syllable in Chinese names spelled in the older Wade-Giles system for the Mandarin reading xian (Hanyu Pinyin xian). Characters spelled this way include 显 (manifest; prominent), 賢 (virtuous; wise), 先 (first; before) and 憲 (law; model). The character 显 is recorded in public data for names with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Character pages

Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.

Chinese names with the syllable Hsien

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 顯 (显) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 賢 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 先 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 憲 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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