英和和英

発音

• IPA: /si.ɑn/ (depending on preceding sound)

接尾辞

-sian

1. verbal suffix added to adjectives and nouns, generally causing i-mutation in the stem

   ‎clǣne (“clean, pure”) + ‎-sian → ‎clǣnsian (“to purify, cleanse”)

   ‎blōd (“blood”) + ‎-sian → ‎blētsian, blēdsian (“to consecrate, bless”)

派生語

語源

From Hokkien 𤺪 (siān).

発音

• (Singapore) IPA: /sjɛn˨/

形容詞

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, 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.

アナグラム

• anis, Sani, nias, ASIN, ANSI, nasi, Sina, nais, AINs, Anis, Sian, ISNA, Sain, Nias, sain, as in, ains, Isan, nasi', NIAS

名詞

sīan (Vespasian Psalter Mercian, Northumbrian)

1. alternative form of sēan

使用する際の注意点

This is a confused spelling for sēan. See there and Campbell §238.b.2. for more details.