xuān

  1. xuān verb to declare; to announce
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 宣布 (CCD '宣' 1; FE '宣' 1; GHDC '宣' 1; Kroll 2015 '宣' 2, p. 517)
  2. xuān proper noun Xuan
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (CCD '宣' 6; FE '宣' 3; GHDC '宣' 7)
  3. xuān adverb thoroughly; completely
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '宣' 1b, p. 517)
  4. xuān verb to issue an imperial command; to summon to the imperial court
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 宣召 (CCD '宣' 2)
  5. xuān noun fine writing paper; xuan paper
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD '宣' 5)
  6. xuān verb to teach; to instruct
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '宣' 2a, p. 517)
  7. xuān noun an epithet for Confucius
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '宣' 5, p. 517)
  8. xuān noun an archaic unit of length
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Equal to 1.33 chi (Kroll 2015 '宣' 6, p. 517)
  9. xuān verb to disseminate; to propagate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: 宣 is synonymous with 宣传 or 传播 in this sense; for example, in 千字文 ”Thousand Character Classic”, 宣威 'spread fame' (FE '宣' 2; Kroll 2015 '宣' 1, p. 517; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 2008)
  10. xuān verb to vent; to drain
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 发漏 (CCD '宣' 3; GHDC '宣' 3; Kroll 2015 '宣' 3, p. 517)
  11. xuān proper noun Xuan
    Domain: Places 地方 , Concept: City 城市
    Notes: (CCD '宣' 4)
  12. xuān verb to show; to display
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 显示 (GHDC '宣' 2)
  13. xuān verb commonplace; widespread
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 普遍 (GHDC '宣' 4; Kroll 2015 '宣' 1a, p. 517)
  14. xuān noun greying [hair]; black and white [hair]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHDC '宣' 5; Kroll 2015 '宣' 4, p. 517)
  15. xuān verb declare; ākhyāta
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: ākhyāta, Japanese: sen (BCSD '宣', p. 379; MW 'ākhyāta'; SH '宣', p. 300; Unihan '宣')

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