"Xiang" meaning in English

See Xiang in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ʃiɑŋ/, /ʃɑŋ/, /ʃæŋ/, /t͡ʃɒŋ/, /t͡ʃæŋ/, /ʒæŋ/, /ʃʌŋ/
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 湘 (Xiāng). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|湘|tr=Xiāng}} Mandarin 湘 (Xiāng) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Xiang
  1. A Chinese language spoken mainly in Hunan province, China Categories (topical): Languages Synonyms: Hunanese, Hsiang, Siang [obsolete] Translations (one of the divisions of the Chinese language): 湘語 (Chinese Mandarin), 湘语 (Xiāngyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 湖南話 (Chinese Mandarin), 湖南话 (Húnánhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), xiang [masculine] (French), hunanais [masculine] (French), 湘語 (Shō-go) (alt: しょうご) (Japanese), сян (sjan) [masculine] (Russian), хуна́ньский (xunánʹskij) (alt: диале́кт, язы́к) [masculine] (Russian), 湘語 (Xiang Chinese), 湘语 (sian¹ y³) (Xiang Chinese)
    Sense id: en-Xiang-en-name-gmqyzMSr Disambiguation of Languages: 79 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 94 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ʃiɑŋ/, /ʃɑŋ/, /ʃæŋ/, /t͡ʃɒŋ/, /t͡ʃæŋ/, /ʒæŋ/, /ʃʌŋ/ Forms: Xiangs [plural]
Etymology: From several Mandarin surnames, including 項/项 (Xiàng), 向 (Xiàng) and 相 (Xiāng). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|項|Xiàng}} 項/项 (Xiàng), {{zh-l|向|Xiàng}} 向 (Xiàng), {{zh-l|相|Xiāng}} 相 (Xiāng) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Xiang (plural Xiangs)
  1. A surname from Chinese.
    Sense id: en-Xiang-en-name-4TuPt0~5 Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for Xiang meaning in English (4.2kB)

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    },
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      "ipa": "/ʃʌŋ/"
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "/t͡ʃæŋ/"
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