English

Several Shan people participate in a deer ceremony.

Proper noun

Shan

1. A people living primarily in the Shan State of Myanmar (also known as Burma), and in adjacent areas of China, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, with about 6 million people.
2. The language of this people, in the Tai-Kadai language family.
3. A state in Thailand.

Translations

Noun

Shan ‎(plural Shans)

1. A member of this people.

Adjective

Shan ‎(not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Shan people or the Shan language.

External links

• Ethnologue entry for Shan, shn

Etymology 2

From the pinyin romanization of Chinese 陝 ‎(Shān).

Proper noun

Shan

1. The Shan Pass: a mountain pass in Shanzhou, Henan, through which the Yellow River flows into the North China Plain.

Anagrams

• Hans, HANS
• Nash

English

Adjective

shan ‎(comparative more shan, superlative most shan)

1. (Geordie) unfair, harsh

   Here man! that's pure shan that like

2. (Scotland, Hartlepool) poor, low-quality

Synonyms

• (unfair): lenns (Geordie), unfair, unjust

References

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165

Anagrams

• Hans, HANS
• Nash

Finnish

Noun

shan

1. Shan (language spoken in eastern Burma in an area bordering China, Laos and Thailand)
2. Shan (person belonging to the ethnic minority that speaks the language)

Declension

Derived terms

• shan-kansa (the Shan people)

Mandarin

Romanization

shan

1. Nonstandard spelling of shān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of shán.
3. Nonstandard spelling of shǎn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of shàn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Scots

Adjective

shan ‎(comparative mair shan, superlative maist shan)

1. (Edinburgh) unfair, harsh (as in Geordie)

Somali

Numeral

shan

1. five