"first", "salty", or "line" would be the most obvious choices
but you can't really tell because we don't know the sound. and there's a lot of different meanings to the same sound.
中线 = midline
The name Xiana is of Galician origin and is derived from the name Xian, which means "gift from God" in Chinese. Xiana is often used as a feminine given name and is also sometimes used as a variation of the name Diana.
The Supreme Being or Emperor
Ren means louts or water Lilly
It is named after the Chinese emperor Qin pronounced "chin".
In Mandarin Chinese, "xian" (ๅฟ) means county. However, in Taiwanese Hokkien, "xian" (็ธฃ) can also refer to county, but it may be pronounced or written differently.
中线 = midline
In chinese, Xi means Western. An means Peace. So Xian means the emperor wanted the western of China would be peaceful without war.
Mei Xian Li has written: 'The joy of flour' -- subject(s): Chinese Cookery, Cookery, Chinese
The word "xian" in Chinese is written as "ไป" and is pronounced like "sh-yan" with a tone that rises and falls.
仙女 (xian nv).
XIAN
mix of Norwegian, Irish, German, and Chinese
Jichi Huang has written: 'A research guide to English translation of Chinese verse' -- subject(s): Chinese poetry, Indexes, Quan Tang shi, Translations into English 'Xian dai hua, xian dai xing, xian dai wen xue' -- subject(s): Chinese literature, History and criticism, Theory
Xian
The Chinese "Cinderella", titled "Ye-Xian", is about beautiful Ye-Xian, her wicked stepmother, ugly stepsister Jun-Li, the Emperor of China, and a ten-foot golden carp.
If the fiber is the fibre-optical used in network and made of glass ,you can say 光纤 (guang xian).And if the fiber is used in cloth, you can say 纤维(xian wei) in Chinese.