Xian in Chinese

西安

Xī ān

City in China

The city of Xian (China) is written in Chinese as 西安. In Mandarin Chinese, this is pronounced Xī ān — a phonetic rendering that follows standard transliteration conventions used in Chinese media and official documents.

Character-by-character pronunciation

西Xī
安ān

西安 is written with 2 characters: 西 (Xī), 安 (ān). Each character represents one syllable of the phonetic approximation of Xian.

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Chinese rendering follows standard transliteration conventions · for reference