adj
Meaning 1
unfair, harsh
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Geordie
Examples
- Here man! that's pure shan that like
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Standard Lemma guide
shan
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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rhymes with -æn
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/ʃɑn/
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/ʃæn/
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shän
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CMU ARPABET: SH AE1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
poor, low-quality
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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adj
Meaning 3
Of or pertaining to the Shan people or the Shan language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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name
Meaning 4
The language of this people, of the Kra-Dai language family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 5
A state of Myanmar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 6
The Shan Pass: a mountain pass in Shanzhou, Henan, through which the Yellow River flows into the North China Plain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
A member of a people living primarily in the Shan State of Myanmar (also known as Burma), and in adjacent areas of China, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, with about 6 million people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 8
a branch of the Tai languages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Tai Long
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Broader terms: Tai
History
Etymology
Origin obscure. Perhaps from shand (“worthless”). Alternatively, perhaps of Romani origin.
From Burmese ရှမ်း (hram:), from Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam). Doublet of Siam.
From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 陝/陕 (shǎn).
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Burmese: ရှမ်းဘာသာ (hram:bhasa) — Shan language
- Chinese Mandarin: 撣語 /掸语 (shànyǔ) — Shan language
- Finnish: shan — Shan language
- French: shan — Shan language
- Lao: ພາສາໄທໃຫຍ່ (phā sā thai h) — Shan language
- Lao: ພາສາໄທເຫນືອ (phā sā thai nư̄a) — Shan language
- Lü: ᦅᧄᦇᦲᧁᧉ (kamngiiw2) — Shan language
- Marathi: शान (śān) — Shan language
- Polish: szański — Shan language
- Portuguese: xã — Shan language
- Shan: လိၵ်ႈတႆး (līk tái) — Shan language
- Shan: ၵႂၢမ်းတႆး (kwáam tái) — Shan language
- Thai: ภาษาไทใหญ่ (phaasǎǎ thai yài) — Shan language
- Thai: ภาษาเงี้ยว (phasa ngiaw) — Shan language
- Northern Thai: กําไต (kam tai) — Shan language
- Northern Thai: กําเงี้ยว (kam ngiao) — Shan language
- Burmese: ရှမ်းလူမျိုး (hram:lu-myui:) — Shan people
- Chinese Mandarin: 撣 /掸 — Shan people
- Finnish: shanit — Shan people
- Finnish: shan-kansa — Shan people
- French: Shans — Shan people
- Pa'o Karen: ဖြဝ်ꩻ — Shan people
- Lao: ໄທໃຫຍ່ (thai hainy) — Shan people
- Lao: ແງ້ວ (aengua) — Shan people
- Lao: ງ້ຽວ (ngiav) — Shan people
- Lü: ᦺᦑᦇᦲᧁᧉ (tayngiiw2) — Shan people
- Lü: ᦇᦲᧁᧉ (ngiiw2) — Shan people
- Marathi: शान (śān) — Shan people
- Mon: သေံ — Shan people
- Shan: တႆး (tái) — Shan people
- Thai: ไทใหญ่ (tai-yài) — Shan people
- Thai: ชาวไทใหญ่ (chaaw thai yài) — Shan people
- Thai: ไต๊โหลง (tái lŏng) — Shan people
- Thai: ฉาน (chǎan) — Shan people
- Thai: เงี้ยว (ngíao) — Shan people