hàn

the Chinese people, Chinese language

DEFINITIONS

漢 hàn
  • Han ethnic group
  • Chinese (language)
  • the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
  • man

WORDS

上古語 shàng gǔ hàn yǔ Old Chinese (linguistics)
不到長城非好 bù dào cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal
中古語 zhōng gǔ hàn yǔ Middle Chinese (linguistics)
tōu hàn (of a woman) to take a lover
子 tōu hàn zi (of a woman) to take a lover
傑伊港 jié yī hàn gǎng Ceyhan (Turkish Mediterranean port)
xiān hàn pre-Han; China before to 200 BC
liǎng hàn Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD); refers to the Western Han and Eastern Han
qián hàn Former Han dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 西漢|西汉[Xi1 Han4], Western Han dynasty
書 qián hàn shū History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Ban Gu 班固[Ban1 Gu4] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls
běi hàn Han of the Five dynasties (951-979), one of ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms period (907-960)
nán hàn Southern Han
商務語考試 shāng wù hàn yǔ kǎo shì Business Chinese Test (BCT)
單身 dān shēn hàn bachelor; unmarried man
國家辦 guó jiā hàn bàn Office of Chinese Language Council International (known colloquially as "Hanban"), an organ of the PRC government which develops Chinese language and culture teaching resources worldwide, and has established Confucius Institutes 孔子學院|孔子学院[Kong3 zi3 Xue2 yuan4] internationally; abbr. to 漢辦|汉办[Han4 ban4]
dà hàn big person; the great Han dynasty
族主義 dà hàn zú zhǔ yì Greater Han nationalism
tiān hàn the Milky Way
hāng hàn carrier who carries heavy loads on his shoulder (dialect)
子 nǚ hàn zi masculine woman
hǎo hàn hero; strong and courageous person; CL:條|条[tiao2]
不吃眼前虧 hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
不提當年勇 hǎo hàn bù tí dāng nián yǒng a real man doesn't boast about his past achievements (idiom)
做事好當 hǎo hàn zuò shì hǎo hàn dāng daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom); a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions; the buck stops here
xuān hàn Xuanhan county in Dazhou 達州|达州[Da2 zhou1], Sichuan
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