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Chinese words starting with “han”

22 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable han. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 2 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.

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  • 1st tone 2
  • 2nd tone 12
  • 3rd tone 2
  • 4th tone 6

Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.

Common words with this syllable

All 22 words

#WordPinyinPOSMeaningStudy list
1喊hǎnvto yell; to shout; to call out for (a person)
2含hánvto keep in the mouth; to contain
3汗hànnperspiration; sweat; to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc) (Internet slang used as an interjection)
4含量hán liàngncontent; quantity contained
5含有hán yǒuvto contain; including
6含义hán yìnmeaning (implicit in a phrase); implied meaning; hidden meaning; hint; connotation
7罕见hǎn jiànarare; rarely seen
8寒冷hán lěnga,ancold (climate); frigid; very cold
9捍卫hàn wèito defend; to uphold; to safeguard
10汗水hàn shuǐnsweat; perspiration
11焊hànvto weld; to solder
12含糊hán hua,anambiguous; vague; careless; perfunctory
13涵盖hán gàivto cover; to comprise; to include
14含蓄hán xùato contain; to hold; (of a person or style etc) reserved; restrained; (of words, writings) full of hidden meaning; implicit; veiled (criticism)
15寒假hán jiàtwinter vacation
16旱hànadrought
17寒暄hán xuānvto exchange conventional greetings; to exchange pleasantries
18涵义hán yìncontent; meaning; connotation; implication
19函授hán shòuvn,vto teach by correspondence
20旱灾hàn zāindrought
21酣睡hān shuìvto sleep soundly; to fall into a deep sleep
22酣畅hān chàngaunrestrained; cheerful lack of inhibition, esp. for drinking or sleeping; to drink with abandon

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