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Han
1[hahn]
noun
a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
a river flowing from central China into the Yangtze at Hankow. 900 miles (1,450 km) long.
the Chinese people in general, especially those not of Mongol, Manchu, Tibetan, or other non-Chinese extraction.
Han
2[hahn, huhn]
noun
plural
Hans ,plural
Han .a member of a group of Indigenous people inhabiting the Yukon River drainage basin near the Alaska-Canada border.
the Athabascan language of the Han.
Han
1/ æ /
noun
the imperial dynasty that ruled China for most of the time from 206 bc to 221 ad , expanding its territory and developing its bureaucracy
the Chinese people as contrasted to Mongols, Manchus, etc
Han
2/ æ /
noun
a river in E central China, rising in S Shaanxi and flowing southeast through Hubei to the Yangtze River at Wuhan. Length: about 1450 km (900 miles)
Word History and Origins
Origin of Han1
Example Sentences
Yushan Han, an Edinburgh University student from Hebei in China, said she visited the bakery after seeing it on social media.
Han Ki-chang, a real estate agent and one of the 105 plaintiffs, says that he suffered from “martial law insomnia.”
"The evidence is strong enough to say that the girl is dead, and to accuse a specific individual of murder," Hans Christian Wolter said.
Hans Van de Weerd, senior vice president of the International Rescue Committee, said the latest travel ban policy could result in the separation of families.
Lee replaced Prime Minister Han Duck Soo, who himself was impeached just weeks after taking over from Yoon in an acting capacity.
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