sian
/sjɛn˨/adjective
sian is an adjective meaning “Bored, weary or fed up; tired (of something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-I-A-N and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Sian, the name).
What does sian mean?
adjective
- 1
colloquialBored, weary or fed up; tired (of something).
- 2
colloquialRepetitive and boring, wearisome.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce sian?
- /sjɛn˨/
Sian has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of sian
- more sian comparative
- most sian superlative
- xian
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is sian?
Sian appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Sian, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does sian come from?
From Hokkien 𤺪 (siān).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).