han chinese
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.90 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Referring to the largest ethnic group native to China.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "I might also say that my tour guide was a Han Chinese and not originally from Xinjiang."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 漢