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): ханжын (hanřɨn, III-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hon-ngìn
• Min Dong (BUC): háng-ìng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Hàn-jîn / Hàn-lîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hang³ ring⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): hoe nyin (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Hànrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hannren
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Hànrén
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: ханжын (hanřɨn, III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xæ̃⁴⁴ ʐəŋ²⁴/

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

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ jan⁴
    • Yale: hon yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hon-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: hon nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hon⁴ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /hon⁵⁵ ɲin¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: háng-ìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋiŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hàn-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: Hàn-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: harnjiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /han²¹⁻⁵³ d͡ʑin¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /han²¹⁻⁴¹ ʑin²³/
  • (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
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hoe nyin (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hø³³ n̠ʲɪɲ⁴⁴/

Noun

漢人

1. Han Chinese (the largest ethnic group indigenous to China); Han Chinese person
2. (literary, historical) people of the Han dynasty

Synonyms

• (Han Chinese): 漢族／汉族 (Hànzú)

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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