# hsien

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #48,808

## Definitions
1. An administrative subdivision of Taiwan, commonly translated as county. (Alternative form of xian for mainland China.)

## Etymology
From Mandarin 縣／县 (xiàn), Wade–Giles romanization: hsien⁴.

## Easily confused with
- **hymen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hsien-vs-hymen)
- **hen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hen-vs-hsien)
- **hse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hse-vs-hsien)
- **hin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hin-vs-hsien)
- **Hsi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hsi-vs-hsien)
- **hain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hain-vs-hsien)
- **Hein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hein-vs-hsien)
- **Helen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helen-vs-hsien)
- **haven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haven-vs-hsien)
- **Hagen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hagen-vs-hsien)
- **Halen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/halen-vs-hsien)
- **Hsiao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hsiao-vs-hsien)
- **hasten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasten-vs-hsien)

## Common misspellings (5)
`hhsien`, `hisen`, `hsein`, `hsienn`, `hssien`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hsien