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Han Chinese
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Hàn Chinese
English
Han Chinese people
Alternative forms
en Hàn Chinese
Etymology
From en Han (en cmn 漢 Hàn) + en Chinese.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Han Chinese.wav Southern England
Adjective
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Referring to the largest ethnic group native to China.
en 2007 April Julie Grundvig TAIWAN The Asia Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the Continent https://archive.org/details/asiabookjourneyt0000unse/ 978-1-74104-601-4 82672255 103 https://archive.org/details/asiabookjourneyt0000unse/page/103/ 2 About 98 per cent of Taiwan's inhabitants are Han Chinese, a diverse mix of ethnic and linguistic groups, including Hakka, Cantonese and Fujianese, who came from China's southern coast. Taiwan's other two per cent are from one of the nine indigenous tribes, which are scattered throughout the island but largely concentrated along the east coast and in the Central Mountain Range.
Translations
referring to the largest ethnic group indigenous to China
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 漢族 漢族的 hànzú de, cmn 漢人 漢人的 hànrén de
Danish: da hankinesisk
Finnish: fi han-kiinalainen
Korean: ko 한족 한족-의, ko 한인 한인-의 can also mean Korean
Latvian: lv haņu
Manchu: mnc ᠨᡳᡴᠠᠨ, mnc ᠨᡳᡴᠠᠨ ᡳ
Polish: pl Han
Portuguese: pt han
Russian: ru ха́ньский
Swedish: sv hankinesisk
Xibe: sjo ᠨᡞᡣᠠᠨ ᡠᡣᠰᡠᠷᠠ ᡞ nikan uksura -i
Noun
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en countable chiefly in the plural A member of the largest ethnic group native to China.
en 2005 Intergenerational Transfer in China Unequal Chances: Family Background and Economic Success https://archive.org/details/unequalchancesfa0000unse/ 0-691-11930-9 2004050521 55286364 238 https://archive.org/details/unequalchancesfa0000unse/page/238/ 2007 Son Preference, Marriage, and Intergenerational Transfer in Rural China Anne H. Gauthier; C.Y. Cyrus Chu; Shripad Tuljapurkar Allocating Public and Private Resources across Generations: Riding the Age Waves https://archive.org/details/allocatingpublic0000unse/ 2 Springer 978-1-4020-4790-9 85691352 144 https://archive.org/details/allocatingpublic0000unse/page/144/ Before the Tang dynasty, Lueyang was occupied mostly by minority Chinese who were defeated by the Han Chinese, and most were forced to migrate to other places.
en 2007 Marcus W. Feldman; Shripad Tuljapurkar; Shuzhuo Li; Xiaoyi Jin; Nan Li Son Preference, Marriage, and Intergenerational Transfer in Rural China Anne H. Gauthier; C.Y. Cyrus Chu; Shripad Tuljapurkar Allocating Public and Private Resources across Generations: Riding the Age Waves https://archive.org/details/allocatingpublic0000unse/ 2 Springer 978-1-4020-4790-9 85691352 144 https://archive.org/details/allocatingpublic0000unse/page/144/ Lueyang county is a mountainous county located in the Qing mountains in the far south of Shaanxi province, far from Xi'an, on the borders of Sichuan and Gansu provinces. It has a relatively small population—about 200,000. Before the Tang dynasty, Lueyang was occupied mostly by minority Chinese, who were defeated by the Han Chinese, and most were forced to migrate to other places.
en 2016 Reggie Hanlon Tragedy on a Light-Year Scale I think it would be better to leave the position of sect leader to Junior Brother Guangxia. He is a Han Chinese and the orphan of the great hero Li Wencheng.
en 2020 Albert Riley The Life and Journeys of a Dabizi I might also say that my tour guide was a Han Chinese and not originally from Xinjiang.
Usage notes
Translations
the largest ethnic group native to China
Burmese: my ဟန်လူမျိုး
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 漢族 hon3 zuk6, yue 漢人 hon3 jan4
Dungan: dng ханзў, dng ханжын, dng ханзўжын
Mandarin: cmn 漢族 hànzú, cmn 漢人 hànrén
Danish: da hankineser c
Finnish: fi han-kiinalaiset p
Hindi: hi हान चीनी
Hlai: lic Moei
Indonesian: id suku Han
Japanese: ja 漢民族 かんみんぞく, kanminzoku, ja 漢族 かんぞく, kanzoku, ja 漢人 かんじん, kanjin
Kazakh: kk қытай, kk ханзу
Khmer: km ហានប្រទេសចិន haan prɑteeh cən
Korean: ko 한족, ko 한인 can also mean Korean
Lao: lo
Latvian: lv haņi m-p
Malay: ms bangsa han, ms suku han
Manchu: mnc ᠨᡳᡴᠠᠨ ᡠᡴᠰᡠᡵᠠ, mnc ᠨᡳᡴᠠᠨ
Mongolian: mn хятад үндэстэн
Polish: pl Han m-pr f
Portuguese: pt han m-p, pt hans m-p
Russian: ru кита́ец m, ru китая́нка f, ru ха́нец m, ru ха́нька f, ru хань m f usually collective
Tagalog: tl tsinong Han
Thai: th ชาวฮั่น chaao hân
Tibetan: bo རྒྱ་མི།
Uyghur: ug خەنزۇ
Vietnamese: vi người Hán (vi 𠊛漢)
Wutunhua: wuh ha
Xibe: sjo ᠨᡞᡣᠠᠨ ᡠᡣᠰᡠᠷᠠ nikan uksura
Zhuang: za Bouxgun
en China Nationalities