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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Shyan

  • 賢virtuous; wise; able
  • 仙Taoist immortal; celestial being
  • 先first; before
Letters
5
Syllables
1
First letter
S
Character options
3
  • Chinese characters賢仙先
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Shyan in their name

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Shyan is an informal spelling of the Mandarin syllable xian, for example 賢 'virtuous; wise' or 仙 'immortal'.

Possible characters for Shyan

  • 賢

    virtuous; wise; able

    Mandarin xián

    attested

  • 仙

    Taoist immortal; celestial being

    Mandarin xiān

  • 先

    first; before

    Mandarin xiān

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 Shyan

Shyan is an informal spelling of the Mandarin syllable xian, with the x sound written as sh. It can stand for 賢 (virtuous; wise; able), 仙 (Taoist immortal; celestial being) or 先 (first; before). The character 賢 is on record for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the character the family chose.

Character pages

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

Chinese names with the syllable Shyan

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 賢 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 仙 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 先 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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