Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A Chinese dynasty (206 BC–AD 220) noted for unifying and expanding its national territory and for promoting literature and the arts.
- A river, about 1,530 km (950 mi) long, of east-central China flowing generally southeast to the Yangtze River.
- noun A member of the largest ethnic group of China, especially as distinguished from Manchus, Mongols, Huis, and other minority nationalities.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old present indicative plural and infinitive of have, contracted from
haven .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- obsolete To have; have.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun the ancient dynasty in the mainland China, dated 206 BCE - 220 CE around the Parthian times, and marked by the stable feudal system, and the fusion of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism.
- proper noun the Chinese population and culture, as distinguished from the surroundings, especially in ancient times.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Province, the very Heart of Han: the Shensi man today is the Son of Han, _Ts'in_ Englished; but in Shensi, the old Ts'in, in their tenderest moods, they call it _Han_ still, -- the proudest most patriotic name there is for it.
The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908
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I don't want my home town's momentum of growth to be put out like this before it gets a chance to take off,'' wrote one person who was able to file a posting under the name Han Xiao.
News - latimes.com 2011
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But now US capital is purely derived from debt, especially from China, or what I describe as the Han-dominated area of Asia.
OpEdNews - OpEdNews.Com Progressive, Tough Liberal News and Opinion 2010
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But now US capital is purely derived from debt, especially from China, or what I describe as the Han-dominated area of Asia.
OpEdNews - OpEdNews.Com Progressive, Tough Liberal News and Opinion 2010
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We have so many such kind of scums in Han Zhou, many of my friends have witnessed similar incidents.
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Thousands of Uyghur kids were kidnapped and beaten to become thieves in Han Chinese region.
Global Voices in English » China: Urumqi mass incident and beyond 2009
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In any case, my assertion that The Airlords Of Han is a terrible novel (racist or not) is entirely correct.
The “Buck Rogers” Quandry – In Which I Contradict Previous Views « The Graveyard 2010
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The ethnic policy of the Chinese government has turned the Uyghur in Han regions into privileged social group, while at the same time, the Uyghur is deprived of their religious freedom and autonomy back home in the northwest region.
Global Voices in English » China: Urumqi mass incident and beyond 2009
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Although being Han is probably much wider that it was historically, this is an insurmountable barrier that will hobble China; you can see this even today.
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However, local propaganda department has issued notice to all media organization in Han Zhou demanding that there should be no more follow up report on the car racing incident.
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