shan
IPA: ʃˈæn
noun
- A member of 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.
- The language of this people, of the Kra-Dai language family.
- A state of Myanmar.
- The Shan Pass: a mountain pass in Shanzhou, Henan, through which the Yellow River flows into the North China Plain.
adjective
- (Tyneside, Edinburgh) unfair, harsh
- (Scotland, Hartlepool) poor, low-quality
- Of or pertaining to the Shan people or the Shan language.
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Examples of "shan" in Sentences
- Shan are black, same difference.
- Shan means a prayer for the Buddha.
- Another big ethnic group are the Shan.
- Shan is a generic term for Tai ethnicity.
- It is the main ancestral hall of the Tang clan of Ping Shan.
- Most Shan speak the Shan language and are bilingual in Burmese.
- The village is under the administration of the Shan authorities.
- Bean ngapi from the Shan states plays a major role in Shan cuisine.
- He was of mixed Shan and Burman heritage but mostly on the Shan side.
- Deng Ai accepted the surrender by untying Liu Shan and burning the casket.