Wǔ hàn
Wuhan city on Changjiang, subprovincial city and capital of Hubei province
Hàn yǔ
Chinese language
CL:門|门[men2]
Hàn
Han ethnic group
Chinese (language)
the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
Hàn zì
Chinese character
CL:個|个[gè]
Japanese: kanji
Korean: hanja
Hàn dài
the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
Qín Hàn
the Qin (221-207 BC) and Han (206 BC-220 AD) dynasties
nán zǐ hàn
man (i.e. manly, masculine)
Dōng hàn
Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220
Hàn wén
Chinese written language
Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
Hàn chéng
Hanseong, old name of Seoul as traditional capital of Korea and capital of South Korea
adopted new Chinese spelling 首爾|首尔[Shou3 er3] in 2005
Hàn gū
Hangu former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區|滨海新区[Bin1 hai3 xin1 qu1]
Jiāng hàn
Jianghan district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[Wu3 han4 shi4], Hubei
dà hàn
big person
the great Han dynasty
Hàn rén
Han Chinese person or people
Xī Hàn
Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前漢|前汉[Qian2 Han4], Former Han Dynasty
Wǔ hàn shì
Wuhan city on Changjiang, subprovincial city and capital of Hubei province
Hàn zhōng
Hanzhong prefecture level city in Shaanxi
Hàn yáng
Hanyang county in Hubei province
historical name Hanyang for Seoul, Korea
lǎo hàn
old man
I (an old man referring to himself)
hǎo hàn
hero
strong and courageous person
CL:條|条[tiao2]
luó hàn
abbr. for 阿羅漢|阿罗汉[a1 luo2 han4]
Guǎng hàn
Guanghan county level city in Deyang 德陽|德阳[De2 yang2], Sichuan
Hàn kǒu
Hankou, part of Wuhan 武漢|武汉 at the junction of Han river and Changjiang in Hubei
hàn zǐ
man
fellow
husband (dialect)
Hàn huà
to sinicize
sinicization
(software) Chinese localization
Hòu Hàn
Later Han or Eastern Han dynasty (25-220)
Later Han of the Five Dynasties (947-950)
liǎng Hàn
Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
refers to the Western Han and Eastern Han
Nuò dīng hàn
Nottingham (city in England)
Jiāng hàn qū
Jianghan district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[Wu3 han4 shi4], Hubei
Bèi kè hàn mǔ
Beckenham or Beckham (name)
David Beckham (1975-), British midfield footballer
luó hàn guǒ
sweet fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii (formerly Momordica grosvenori, a gourd of the Curcubitaceae family), grown in Guangxi and used in Chinese medicine
Hàn yǔ pīn yīn
Hanyu pinyin, the pinyin transliteration system used in PRC since the 1960s
Hàn Wǔ dì
Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141-87 BC)
Hàn Shū
History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 [Èr shí xì Shǐ], composed by Ban Gu 班固[Bān Gù] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls
Hàn zhōng shì
Hànzhōng prefecture level city in Shǎnxī 陝西
Hàn cháo
Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
Hàn xué
sinology
Chinese studies (in foreign schools)
Han Learning, a Qing dynasty movement aiming at a philological appraisal of the Classics
Hàn mì ěr dùn
Hamilton (name)
Hamilton, capital of Bermuda
Hàn yáng qū
Hanyang district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[Wu3 han4 shi4], Hubei
Luó bīn hàn
Robin Hood (English 12th century folk hero)
Hàn yuán
Hanyuan county in Ya'an 雅安[Ya3 an1], Sichuan
Hàn chuān
Hanchuan county level city in Xiaogan 孝感[Xiao4 gan3], Hubei
Hàn nán
Hannan district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[Wu3 han4 shi4], Hubei
Xuān hàn
Xuanhan county in Dazhou 達州|达州[Da2 zhou1], Sichuan
Shǔ Hàn
Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han
Hòu Hàn shū
History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Fan Ye 範曄|范晔[Fan4 Ye4] in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4], 120 scrolls
hàn bái yù
white marble
a type of white marble used for building and sculpting
Dōng Hàn mò nián
the last years of Eastern Han
the breakup of the Han dynasty around 200 AD
Hàn gū qū
Hangu former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區|滨海新区[Bin1 hai3 xin1 qu1]
Hàn shòu
Hanshou county in Changde 常德[Chang2 de2], Hunan
Hàn Gāo zǔ
posthumous name of the first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 (256 or 247-195 BC), reigned 202-195 BC
Áo hàn
Aohan banner or Aokhan khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia
hàn xué jiā
sinologist
scholar of Chinese
Hàn yīn
Hanyin County in Ankang 安康[An1 kang1], Shaanxi
Hàn nán qū
Hannan district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[Wu3 han4 shi4], Hubei
Hàn yǔ Shuǐ píng Kǎo shì
HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test)
Mǎn Hàn
Manchurian-Chinese (relations)
Hàn bàn
abbr. for 國家漢辦|国家汉办[Guo2 jia1 Han4 ban4], Office of Chinese Language Council International
xiāo hàn
the sky
the heavens
(fig.) imperial court
Guǎng hàn shì
Guanghan county level city in Deyang 德陽|德阳[De2 yang2], Sichuan
Hàn bīn
Hanbin District of Ankang City 安康市[An1 kang1 Shi4], Shaanxi
Hàn tái
Hantai District of Hanzhong City 漢中市|汉中市[Han4 zhong1 Shi4], Shaanxi
Tián Hàn
Tian Han (1898-1968), author of the words of the PRC national anthem March of the Volunteer Army 義勇軍進行曲|义勇军进行曲
Hàn chuān shì
Hanchuan county level city in Xiaogan 孝感[Xiao4 gan3], Hubei
Guān Hàn qīng
Guan Hanqing (c. 1235-c. 1300), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家
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]
Běi Hàn
Han of the Five dynasties (951-979), one of ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms period (907-960)
Áo hàn qí
Aohan banner or Aokhan khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia
ā luó hàn
arhat (Sanskrit)
a holy man who has left behind all earthly desires and concerns and attained nirvana (Buddhism)
Hàn bīn qū
Hanbin district of Ānkāng city 安康市[Ān kāng shì], Shǎnxī
Hàn ní bá
Hannibal (name)
Hannibal Barca (247-183 BC), Carthaginian general
Hàn shòu xiàn
Hanshou county in Changde 常德[Chang2 de2], Hunan
Xuān hàn xiàn
Xuanhan county in Dazhou 達州|达州[Da2 zhou1], Sichuan
Hàn Gāo zǔ Liú Bāng
Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), first Han emperor, reigned 207-195 BC
Hàn bǎo wáng
Burger King (fast food restaurant)
Hàn wén dì
fourth Han emperor Han Wendi (202-157 BC), personal name Liu Heng 劉恆|刘恒 reigned 180-157 BC
Hàn tái qū
Hantai district of Hànzhōng city 漢中市|汉中市[Hàn zhōng shì], Shǎnxī
yín hàn
the milky way
also called 銀河|银河
Hàn Xiàn dì
Emperor Xian of Han (181-234), the final Han emperor, set up by Dong Zhuo 董卓, reigned 189-220, forced to abdicate 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕
Hàn yuán xiàn
Hanyuan county in Ya'an 雅安[Ya3 an1], Sichuan
Hàn yīn xiàn
Hanyin county in Ānkāng 安康[Ān kāng], Shǎnxī
Hàn jiǎn
bamboo slip used for record keeping during the Han Dynasty
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
Qián Hàn
Former Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 西漢|西汉[Xi1 Han4], Western Han Dynasty
Chéng Hàn
Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-347)
lǜ lín hǎo hàn
true hero of Greenwood (refers to popular hero in Robin Hood style)
Hàn Zàng yǔ xì
Sino-Tibetan language family
shēn zài Cáo yíng xīn zài Hàn
live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom.)
to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else
Hàn Xuān dì
Emperor Xuan (91-48 BC) of the Former Han Dynasty, reigned 74-48 BC
Hàn Yuán dì
Yuan Emperor, reign name of Han Dynasty emperor Liu Shi 劉奭|刘奭[Liu2 Shi4], (74-33 BC), reigned 48-33 BC
Dōng Hàn mò
the last years of Eastern Han
the breakup of the Han dynasty around 200 AD
Hàn wàng zhèn
Hanwang town in Mianzhu county, Deying 德阳 prefecture, Sichuan
Hàn Míng Dì
Emperor Ming of Han (28-75), Western Han Dynasty Emperor 58-75
Hàn zhōng dì qū
Hanzhong prefecture, Shaanxi
luó hàn quán
luohan quan
arhat boxing (kungfu style)
Hàn Yīng hù yì
Chinese and English two-way translation
hàn tǎn bìng dú
Hantavirus (a family deadly rodent-borne viruses) responsible for hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome or cardiopulmonary syndrome
hàn zì zì tǐ
calligraphic style of Chinese characters
typeface
font
Chǔ Hàn zhàn zhēng
the war of 206-202 BC between Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 of Han and Xiangyu 項羽|项羽 of Chu
zhōng gǔ Hàn yǔ
Middle Chinese (linguistics)
Yuè Hàn Tiě lù
Canton-Hankou Railway, linking Guangzhou and Wuchang, incorporated since 1957 into the Jing-Guang Railway 京廣鐵路|京广铁路[Jing1 Guang3 Tie3 lu4]
Bái jīn hàn jùn
Buckinghamshire (English county)
bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī
The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
xiān Hàn
pre-Han
China before to 200 BC
Hàn wén dì Liú héng
Liu Heng (202-157 BC), the fourth Han emperor Han Wendi, reigned 180-157 BC
Dōng guān hàn jì
History of later Han dynasty, internal palace record by many 1st and 2nd century authors, 143 scrolls
Yīng Hàn duì yì
English-Chinese parallel text
Hàn xué xì
institute of Sinology
faculty of Sinology
qì chōng xiāo hàn
(idiom) dauntless
courageous
spirited
Shāng wù Hàn yǔ kǎo shì
Business Chinese Test (BCT)
Nuò dīng hàn jùn
Nottinghamshire (English county)
Hàn sì jùn
four Han commanderies in north Korea 108 BC-c. 300 AD
hǎo hàn zuò shì , hǎo hàn dāng
daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it
a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions
the buck stops here
luó hàn dòu
broad bean (Vicia faba)
fava bean
same as 蠶豆|蚕豆
Qián Hàn Shū
History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Èr shí xì Shǐ], composed by Ban Gu 班固[Bān Gù] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls
Gāo Běn hàn
Bernhard Karlgren (1889-1978), distinguished Swedish linguist and sinologist
yǎng hàn
to commit adultery (of married woman)
hàn tā bìng dú
Hantavirus (a family deadly rodent-borne viruses) responsible for hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome or cardiopulmonary syndrome
Ā ěr hàn gé ěr sī kè zhōu
Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
Hàn chéng Tè bié shì
Hanseong Metropolitan City, old name for Seoul, capital of Korea
adopted new Chinese spelling 首爾|首尔 in 2005
hàn zì chá zì fǎ
look-up method for Chinese characters
Hàn mò Wèi chū
late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD)
Hàn fú sī
Hønefoss, city (and soccer team) in Buskerud, Norway
fàn hàn duì yīn
Sanskrit-Chinese transliteration
hāng hàn
carrier who carries heavy loads on his shoulder (dialect)
Jié yī hàn gǎng
Ceyhan (Turkish Mediterranean port)
tōng yòng Hàn zì biāo zhǔn jiāo huàn mǎ
UCS, Chinese character coding adopted in PRC 1986
abbr. to 通用碼|通用码[tong1 yong4 ma3]
luó hàn bìng
snail fever (bilharzia or schistosomiasis), disease caused by schistosome parasitic flatworm
mí zōng luó hàn quán
Mizongyi, Mizong, My Jhong Law Horn - "Lost Track Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
tǒng Hàn zì
Unihan
China Japan Korea (CJK) unified ideographs
abbr. for 中日韓統一表意文字|中日韩统一表意文字[Zhong1 Ri4 Han2 tong3 yi1 biao3 yi4 wen2 zi4]
Liáng Táng Jìn Hàn Zhōu shū
another name for History of the Five Dynasties between Tang and Song 舊五代史|旧五代史
Dōng xiàn hàn jì
Records of the Eastern Han, model for History of Later Han 後漢書|后汉书
Hàn yīn Xiàn
Hanyin County in Ankang 安康[An1 kang1], Shaanxi
Hàn zéi bù liǎng lì
lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] and Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] cannot coexist (idiom)
fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky
(former KMT slogan against CPC) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"
Hàn yǔ Pīn yīn
Hanyu Pinyin, the pinyin transliteration system used in PRC since the 1960s
Hàn yǔ Dà Cí diǎn
Hanyu Da Cidian, the most comprehensive Chinese dictionary with over 375,000 word entries, first published between 1986-1994
Hàn yǔ Dà Zì diǎn
Hanyu Da Zidian, one of the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionaries with 54,678 (and later 60,370) entries, first published between 1986-1990
Hàn tái Qū
Hantai District of Hanzhong City 漢中市|汉中市[Han4 zhong1 shi4], Shaanxi
Hàn bīn Qū
Hanbin District of Ankang City 安康市[An1 kang1 Shi4], Shaanxi
hàn fú
traditional Han Chinese dress
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
zhēng zhēng tiě hàn
a strong and determined man (idiom)
Yín hàn
Milky Way
also called 銀河|银河[Yin2 he2]
fù xīn hàn
traitor to one's love
heartless rat
lǜ lín hǎo hàn
true hero of Greenwood (refers to popular hero in Robin Hood style)
Dì èr cì Hàn zì Jiǎn huà Fāng àn
Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (second round of simplified Chinese characters, proposed in 1977 and retracted in 1986)
abbr. to 二簡|二简[er4 jian3]
yìng hàn
man of steel
unyielding, tough guy
Hàn Wén dì
Emperor Wen of Han (202-157 BC), fourth Han emperor, personal name Liu Heng 劉恆|刘恒[Liu2 Heng2], reigned 180-157 BC
Hàn ná Shān
Hallasan Mountain or Mount Halla, highest mountain in South Korea
hàn zì
Chinese character
CL:個|个[ge4]
Japanese: kanji
Korean: hanja
Vietnamese: hán tự
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
hǎo hàn bù tí dāng nián yǒng
a real man doesn't boast about his past achievements (idiom)
hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī
a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
Shāng wù Hàn yǔ Kǎo shì
Business Chinese Test (BCT)
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
tōu hàn zi
(of a woman) to take a lover
tōu hàn
(of a woman) to take a lover
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
Jù wú bà hàn bǎo bāo Zhǐ shù
Big Mac Index, a measure of the purchasing power parity (PPP) between currencies
hàn zi
man
fellow
(dialect) husband
Hàn xìng
Han surname
Chinese surname
Hàn zhōng Shì
Hanzhong prefecture level city in Shaanxi
Mǎn Hàn quán xí
the Manchu Han imperial feast, a legendary banquet in the Qing dynasty
(fig.) a sumptuous banquet
Chǔ Hàn Xiāng zhēng
see 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1]
Chǔ Hàn Zhàn zhēng
Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] of Han and Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu
Chǔ hé Hàn jiè
lit. the river that divides Chu and Han
fig. a line that divides rival territories
the mid-line between sides on a Chinese chessboard
Dōng guān Hàn jì
History of Later Han dynasty, internal palace record by many 1st and 2nd century authors, 143 scrolls
shàng gǔ Hàn yǔ
Old Chinese (linguistics)