Xiang

See also: xiang, xiang1, xiang2, xiang3, xiang4, xiāng, xiáng, xiǎng, xiàng, Xiāng, and Xiàng

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiɑŋ/, /ʃɑŋ/, /ʃæŋ/, or less frequently, anglicized /t͡ʃɒŋ/, /t͡ʃæŋ/, /ʒæŋ/, /ʃʌŋ/

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 湘 (Xiāng).

Alternative forms

• Hsiang
• Siang (obsolete)

Proper noun

Xiang

1. A Chinese language spoken mainly in Hunan province, China

Synonyms

• Hunanese

Translations

one of the divisions of the Chinese language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 湘語／湘语 (zh) (Xiāngyǔ), 湖南話／湖南话 (Húnánhuà) (Hunanese)

  Xiang: 湘語／湘语 (sian¹ y³)

• French: xiang (fr) m, hunanais (fr) m
• Japanese: 湘語 (ja) (しょうご, Shō-go)
• Russian: сян m (sjan), хуна́ньский (ru) m (xunánʹskij) (диале́кт, язы́к)

Further reading

• ISO 639-2 code hsn [1]
• Ethnologue entry for Xiang, hsn ⁠

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Xiang terms

Etymology 2

From several Mandarin surnames, including 項／项 (Xiàng), 向 (Xiàng) and 相 (Xiāng).

Proper noun

Xiang (plural Xiangs)

1. A surname from Chinese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Xiang is the 19041^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1430 individuals. Xiang is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (97.34%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Xiang”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• axing