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"surname Han" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
韩 韓 hán Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897 / Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國|大韩民国 / surname Han
Chinese Pinyin Translation
贵姓 貴姓 guì xìng what is your surname? / (May I ask) your surname? syn
司马 司馬 sī mǎ Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima
西汉 西漢 xī hàn Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前漢|前汉[Qian2 Han4], Former Han Dynasty
刘备 劉備 liú bèi Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty
韩寒 韓寒 hán hán Han Han (1982-), PRC blogger, singer and professional rally driver
韩信 韓信 hán xìn Han Xin (-196 BC), famous general of first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1]
汉书 漢書 hàn shū History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Ban Gu 班固[Ban1 Gu4] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls
蜀汉 蜀漢 shǔ hàn Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han
后汉书 後漢書 hòu hàn shū History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Fan Ye 范曄|范晔[Fan4 Ye4] in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4], 120 scrolls
两汉 兩漢 liǎng hàn Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) / refers to the Western Han and Eastern Han
后汉 後漢 hòu hàn Later Han or Eastern Han dynasty (25-220) / Later Han of the Five Dynasties (947-950)
韩非子 韓非子 hán fēi zǐ another name for Han Fei 韓非|韩非[Han2 Fei1], Legalist philosopher (c. 280-233 BC) / Han Feizi, book of Legalist Philosophy authored by Han Fei 韓非|韩非[Han2 Fei1] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
班固 bān gù Ban Gu (32-92), Eastern Han dynasty historian, wrote the Dynastic History of Western Han 漢書|汉书
刘恒 劉恆 liú héng Liu Heng, personal name of Han emperor Han Wendi 漢文帝|汉文帝 / Liu Heng (1954-), Chinese writer
汉文帝 漢文帝 hàn wén dì Emperor Wen of Han (202-157 BC), fourth Han emperor, personal name Liu Heng 劉恆|刘恒[Liu2 Heng2], reigned 180-157 BC
汉献帝 漢獻帝 hàn xiàn dì Emperor Xian of Han (181-234), the final Han emperor, set up by Dong Zhuo 董卓, reigned 189-220, forced to abdicate 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕
朴 piáo surname Piao / Korean surname (Park, Pak or Bak) / also pr. [Pu2] syn
淮南子 huái nán zi miscellany of writing from the Western Han (aka Former Han)
五刑 wǔ xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
汉姓 漢姓 hàn xìng a Han family name (surname) / (esp.) a Han surname adopted by a person of another ethnic group
那 nā surname Na syn
家 jiā home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn
区 區 ōu surname Ou
单 單 shàn surname Shan syn
某人 mǒu rén someone / a certain person / some people / I (self-address after one's surname) syn
韩国 韓國 hán guó South Korea (Republic of Korea) / Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄[zhan4 guo2 qi1 xiong2] / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897
华 華 huà Mount Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi / surname Hua syn
姓名 xìng míng surname and given name / full name syn
巴尔的摩 巴爾的摩 bā ěr dì mó Baltimore (place name, surname etc)
尼克松 ní kè sōng Richard Nixon (1913-1994), US president 1969-1974 / surname Nixon
西门 西門 xī mén two-character surname Ximen
中村 zhōng cūn Nakamura (Japanese surname)
海德 hǎi dé Hyde (surname)
山下 shān xià Yamashita (Japanese surname) syn
稀罕 xī han rare / uncommon / rare thing / rarity / to value as a rarity / to cherish / Taiwan pr. [xi1han3] syn
波罗 波羅 bō luó Polo (car made by Volkswagen) / surname Polo
铃木 鈴木 líng mù Suzuki (Japanese surname)
布尔 布爾 bù ěr Boole (surname) / (math.) Boolean
田中 tián zhōng Tianzhong Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1hua4 Xian4], Taiwan / Tanaka (Japanese surname)
山本 shān běn Yamamoto (Japanese surname)
井上 jǐng shàng Inoue (Japanese surname, pr. "ee-no-oo-ay")
山田 shān tián Yamada (Japanese surname)
莱特 萊特 lái tè Wright (surname)
考克斯 kǎo kè sī Cox (surname)
惠特曼 huì tè màn Whitman (surname) / Walt Whitman (1819-1892), American poet and journalist
班克斯 bān kè sī Banks (surname) / Banksy (UK artist)
强生 強生 qiáng shēng Johnson (surname) / Johnson & Johnson (company)
老总 老總 lǎo zǒng boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer syn
小林 xiǎo lín Kobayashi (Japanese surname)
匈奴 xiōng nú Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties
鸿沟 鴻溝 hóng gōu (fig.) gulf / chasm / wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚[Chu3] and Han 漢|汉[Han4] syn
施密特 shī mì tè Schmidt or Schmitt (surname)
诸葛亮 諸葛亮 zhū gě liàng Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1guo2 Yan3yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind syn
和田 hé tián see 和田地區|和田地区[He2tian2 Di4qu1] / Wada (Japanese surname and place name)
高桥 高橋 gāo qiáo Takahashi (Japanese surname)
绿林 綠林 lù lín place in Hubei, the starting point for a major rebellion at the end of Western Han / also pr. [Lu:4 lin2] syn
南宫 南宮 nán gōng two-character surname Nangong / Nangong, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2tai2], Hebei
大和 dà hé Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc
松本 鬆本 sōng běn Matsumoto (Japanese surname and place name)
伊藤 yī téng Itō or Itoh, Japanese surname / Ito-Yokado (supermarket) (abbr. for 伊藤洋華堂|伊藤洋华堂[Yi1teng2 Yang2hua2tang2])
希罕 xī han variant of 稀罕[xi1 han5] syn
东汉 東漢 dōng hàn Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220
邱吉尔 邱吉爾 qiū jí ěr Winston Churchill (1874-1965), UK politican and prime minister 1940-1945 and 1951-1955 / surname Churchill
渡边 渡邊 dù biān Watanabe (Japanese surname)
吉田 jí tián Yoshida (Japanese surname and place name)
独孤 獨孤 dú gū two-character surname Dugu
金陵 jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing / common place name
诸葛 諸葛 zhū gě two-character surname Zhuge / Taiwan pr. [Zhu1ge2]
汉江 漢江 hàn jiāng Han River
桥本 橋本 qiáo běn Hashimoto (Japanese surname and place name)
西域 xī yù Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉門關|玉门关[Yu4 men2 Guan1])
汉口 漢口 hàn kǒu Hankou, part of Wuhan 武漢|武汉 at the junction of Han river and Changjiang in Hubei
阿斗 ā dǒu A-dou, nickname of Liu Shan 劉禪|刘禅[Liu2 Shan4] (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / (fig.) weak and inept person syn
夏侯 xià hóu two-character surname Xiahou
弗格森 fú gé sēn Ferguson (surname)
木村 mù cūn Kimura (Japanese surname)
博世 bó shì Bosch (surname) / Bosch, German technology company
法学家 法學家 fǎ xué jiā jurist / member of the pre-Han legalist school
鸿门宴 鴻門宴 hóng mén yàn Hongmen feast / (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] syn
王昭君 wáng zhāo jūn Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝[Han4 Yuan2 di4], one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3]
汉学 漢學 hàn xué sinology / Chinese studies (in foreign schools) / Han Learning, a Qing dynasty movement aiming at a philological appraisal of the Classics
轩辕 軒轅 xuān yuán two-character surname Xuanyuan syn
汉代 漢代 hàn dài the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
项羽 項羽 xiàng yǔ Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor
汉朝 漢朝 hàn cháo Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
司马迁 司馬遷 sī mǎ qiān Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography
李广 李廣 lǐ guǎng Li Guang (-119 BC), Han dynasty general, nicknamed Flying General 飛將軍|飞将军 and much feared by the Xiongnu 匈奴
平野 píng yě Hirano (Japanese surname)
藤森 téng sēn Fujimori (Japanese surname) / Alberto Ken'ya Fujimori (1938-), president of Peru 1990-2000
复姓 複姓 fù xìng two-character surname (such as 司馬|司马[Si1ma3] or 諸葛|诸葛[Zhu1ge3]) syn
东郭 東郭 dōng guō two-character surname Dongguo
欧阳 歐陽 ōu yáng two-character surname Ouyang
慕容 mù róng a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1bei1] nomadic people / two-character surname Murong
汉族 漢族 hàn zú Han ethnic group
公孙 公孫 gōng sūn two-character surname Gongsun
金子 jīn zǐ Kaneko (Japanese surname) syn
百里 bǎi lǐ two-character surname Baili
客家 kè jiā Hakka ethnic group, a subgroup of the Han that in the 13th century migrated from northern China to the south syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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