漢人

Chinese

		Han dynasty	man; person; people
trad. (漢人)		漢	人
simp. (汉人)		汉	人
Literally: “people of the Han dynasty”.

Etymology

The autonym “Han” is derived from the Han dynasty (206 BC–220 AD) in Chinese history.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): Hànrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ханжын (hanřɨn, III-I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hon³ jan⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hon¹ ngin³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hon-ngìn

  (Hailu, HRS): hon^ˇ ngin

• Eastern Min (BUC): háng-ìng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hang⁴ zing²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Hàn-jîn / Hàn-lîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hang³ ring⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵hoe-gnin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hànrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Hànrén
    • Wade–Giles: Han⁴-jên²
    • Yale: Hàn-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hannren
    • Palladius: Ханьжэнь (Xanʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ханжын (hanřɨn, III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xæ̃⁴⁴ ʐəŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ jan⁴
    • Yale: hon yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ jɐn²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hon¹ ngin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hᵘɔn³³ ᵑɡin²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hon-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: hon ngin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hon⁴ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /hon⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: hon^ˇ ngin
    • Sinological IPA: /hon¹¹ ŋin⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: háng-ìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋiŋ⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hang⁴ zing²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ha̍ng-cíng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haŋ⁴² t͡siŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hang⁴ zing² [Phonetic: hang¹ zing²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ t͡siŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hàn-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: Hàn-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: harnjiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /han²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zin¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /han²¹⁻⁴¹ zin²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hàn-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: Hàn-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: harnliin
    • IPA (Taipei): /han¹¹⁻⁵³ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /han⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /han²¹⁻⁵³ lin²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hang³ ring⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hàng jîng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵hoe-gnin
    • MiniDict: hoe^去 nyin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²hoe-nyin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hø³³ n̠ʲin⁴⁴/

Noun

漢人

1. Han Chinese (the largest ethnic group indigenous to China); Han Chinese person

   • 漢兒盡作胡兒語，卻向城頭罵漢人。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     汉儿尽作胡儿语，却向城头骂汉人。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 9^th–10^th century, 司空圖 (Sikong Tu), 河湟有感

     Hàn'ér jìn zuò hú'ér yǔ, què xiàng chéngtóu mà hànrén. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (literary, historical) people of the Han dynasty

Synonyms

• (Han Chinese): 漢族／汉族 (Hànzú)

References

• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 37.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
漢	人
かん Grade: 3	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
漢人 (kyūjitai)

Noun

漢(かん)人(じん) • (kanjin) 

1. a Han Chinese

Korean

Hanja in this term
漢	人

Proper noun

漢人 • (Hanin) (hangeul 한인)

1. hanja form^? of 한인 (“Chinese (person)”)