Quote Originally Posted by felix View Post
However i was offered a sweet opportunity in Xi'an so my choices are either that or Shanghai.
Ahem, what could be sweeter than being a test engineer for a swank Scandinavian sex toys manufacturer?

Especially in Xi'an?

PS, in one of the pre-pinyin romanizations (not Wade-Giles; probably Gwoyeu Romatzyh), the double-vowel convention was used to signify third tone, which of course is operative here. And, yes, otherwise, in pinyin, you'd have two provinces both called Shanxi.