Word: 县 (xiàn) Traditional: 縣 县 dictionary entry xiàn county; prefecture Full dictionary entry for 县 Example sentences using 县 4 sentences, showing page 1 of 1. 从这个县到城里要坐两个小时车。 Cóng zhège xiàn dào chénglǐ yào zuò liǎng gè xiǎoshí chē. It takes two hours by car to get from this county to the city. 他用三年时间治理好了这个县。 Tāyòng sān nián shíjiān zhìlǐ hǎole zhège xiàn. He took three years to get this county well governed. 古代的州比现在的县大。 Gǔdài de zhōu bǐ xiànzài de xiàn dà. A prefecture in ancient times was bigger than a county today. 我爷爷一直住在一个小县里。 Wǒ yéye yìzhí zhù zài yí gè xiǎo xiàn lǐ. My grandfather has always lived in a small county.