Jian

The Jian and Lian also rhyme, and as noted, Jian is pronounced like the letters G and N said together in one syllable.

Matthew Yglesias » Yi 2007

Yin Jian of China won the silver, and Alessandra Sensini of Italy got the bronze.

USATODAY.com - Israel wins first-ever Olympic gold 2004

Billy Bob Thornton is Not a Morning Person Shit are those cheers when he calls Jian an a$$hole?

blogTO 2009

Billy Bob Thornton is Not a Morning Person Shit are those cheers when he calls Jian an a$$hole?

blogTO 2009

Billy Bob Thornton is Not a Morning Person Shit are those cheers when he calls Jian an a$$hole?

blogTO 2009

Billy Bob Thornton is Not a Morning Person Shit are those cheers when he calls Jian an a$$hole?

blogTO 2009

And yes, if you page forward one entry from there, you'll find where Jez interviews me as "Jian", too. g But when Jian starts talking toward the end about possible spoilers, END THERE unless you want to see an important spoiler about the end of the novel.

Mailbox Monday Stephanie 2009

(Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003), 109; data for China (mainland only): Jian Yang, “Learners and Users of English in China,” English Today 22 (2006): 3–10; data for Nigeria: Kelechukwu Uchechukwu Ihemere, “A Basic Description and Analytic Treatment of Noun Classes in Nigerian Pidgin,” Nordic Journal of African Studies 15 (2006): 297.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

(Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003), 109; data for China (mainland only): Jian Yang, “Learners and Users of English in China,” English Today 22 (2006): 3–10; data for Nigeria: Kelechukwu Uchechukwu Ihemere, “A Basic Description and Analytic Treatment of Noun Classes in Nigerian Pidgin,” Nordic Journal of African Studies 15 (2006): 297.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

"The transition period has been very short" for the younger Mr. Kim, said Cai Jian , deputy director of the Center for Korean Studies of Fudan University in Shanghai.

China, Japan Regard Shift With Unease Jeremy Page 2011