sian

• xian

From Hokkien 𤺪 (siān).

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /sjɛn˨/

sian (comparative more sian, superlative most sian)

1. (colloquial, Singapore, Singlish) Bored, weary or fed-up; tired (of something).
   • 2006 October 3, Serene Luo, The Straits Times, quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited, →OCLC, section 3:

     [Y]ou know you’re not the only one around who is bored and sian and tired of being bored and sian.

   • 2021 May 8, Sophie Chew, “I’m Sian. You’re Sian. We’re All So Damn Sian. But That’s Okay”, in ricemedia.co‎^[1], archived from the original on 8 May 2021:

     “In a country where aspiration drives so much of who we are and what we want, it’s particularly sian to feel stuck,” he suggested.

2. (colloquial, Singapore, Singlish) Repetitive, boring, wearisome.
   • 1997, Dave Chua, Gone Case, Ethos Books, →ISBN:

     — Sian. Fucking sian.
     — Complain less. You bite that pencil anymore next time got termites inside you.

• anis, Sani, nias, ASIN, ANSI, nasi, Sina, nais, AINs, Anis, Sian, ISNA, Sain, Nias, sain, as in, ains, Isan, nasi', NIAS

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sian

1. accusative singular of sia

sian

1. genitive/accusative singular of sika

sian

1. genitive/accusative singular of sia

• anis, nais, nais-, sain

From Frankish *sehan, from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan.

sian

1. to see

• anasian
• bisian
• farsian
• sinū

• Middle Dutch: sien
  • Dutch: zien
    • Afrikaans: sien
    • Javindo: sien, siet
    • Jersey Dutch: zîn, zîne
  • Limburgish: zeen

• “sian”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From Old Irish sín, from Proto-Celtic *sīnā. Cognate with Irish síon.

sian f (genitive singular sìne, plural siantan)

1. (rough) weather, storm

sian m

1. alternative form of sìon