Han
WordNet
noun
(1) Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy
WiktionaryText
Verb
- To have; have - Piers Plowman.
Quotations
- Him thanken all, and thus they han an end - Geoffrey Chaucer
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Pronoun
- he
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Pinyin syllable
han
- A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, hān, hán, hǎn, or hàn.
Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.