Definition of "hsien" [hsien]

• The basic unit of local government in China, approximately equivalent to “county,” or “district.” Xiàn. (noun)

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• "When the day shall come for its history to be told, the historian will have little to say of Lu-fêng-hsien, that is -- if he is a decent sort of fellow."
• "Each fu is subdivided into ten districts under a district magistrate or Chih-hsien, the capital, or county seat as we should call it, having the termination "hsien" or "hien" as for example Wei-hsien."
• "K'o hsueh kuai jen (Hsiang-kang: Huang kuan ch'u pan she (Hsiang-kang) yu hsien kung ssu, 1995)."