# hasten vs hsien

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hasten
*verb · IPA /ˈheɪ.sn̩/ · frequency rank #31,591*
To move or act in a quick fashion.

### hsien
*noun · frequency rank #48,808*
An administrative subdivision of Taiwan, commonly translated as county. (Alternative form of xian for mainland China.)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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