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 and 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsian/

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• Rhymes: -ian
• Syllabification: si‧an

sian

1. accusative singular of sia

sian

1. genitive/accusative singular of sika

sian

1. genitive/accusative singular of sia

• anis, nais, nais-, sain

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsian/ [ˈsi.an]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: si‧an

sian

1. (colloquial) such

   Synonym: sedemikian

Borrowed from Dutch cyaan (“cyan”), from Latin cȳaneus, from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos).

sian (uncountable)

1. cyan

   cyan (additive secondary):  

   cyan (subtractive primary):  

• “sian”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.an/
• Rhymes: -ian
• Hyphenation: sì‧an

sian

1. apocopic form of siano

Apheretic form of kesian.

sian (comparative lebih sian, superlative paling sian)

1. (colloquial) alternative spelling of kasihan

sian

1. (colloquial) alternative spelling of kasihan

sian

1. (colloquial) alternative spelling of kasihan

• Hoogervorst, Tom (2015), “Malay youth language in West Malaysia”, in NUSA‎^[2], volume 58, number 3, →DOI, archived from the original on 26 April 2025, page 29

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

sian

1. to see

• Middle Dutch: sien
  • Dutch: zien
    • Afrikaans: sien
    • Javindo: sien, siet
    • Jersey Dutch: zîn, zîne
    • >? Sranan Tongo: si, syi
      • Aukan: si
      • Saramaccan: si
  • 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