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shuan

shuan

See also: shuān and shuàn

Irish

Noun

shuan m

  1. Lenited form of suan.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
suan shuan
after an, tsuan
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Mandarin

Romanization

shuan

  1. Nonstandard spelling of shuān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of shuàn.

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.