| 汉 | hàn | man; Han ethnic group; Chinese (language); the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) |
| 汉族 | Hàn zú | Han ethnic group |
| 武汉 | Wǔ hàn | Wuhan city on Changjiang, subprovincial city and capital of Hubei province |
| 老汉 | lǎo hàn | old man; I (an old man referring to himself) |
| 汉人 | Hàn rén | Han Chinese person or people |
| 东汉 | Dōng hàn | Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220 |
| 汉口 | Hàn kǒu | Hankou, part of Wuhan 武汉 at the junction of Han river and Changjiang in Hubei |
| 汉奸 | hàn jiān | traitor (to China) |
| 汉书 | Hàn Shū | History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 , composed by Ban Gu 班固 in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls |
| 汉阳 | Hàn yáng | Hanyang county in Hubei province; historical name Hanyang for Seoul, Korea |
| 汉字 | hàn zì | Chinese character; CL:个; Japanese: kanji; Korean: hanja |
| 大汉 | dà hàn | big person; the great Han dynasty |
| 汉武帝 | Hàn Wǔ dì | Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141-87 BC) |
| 汉子 | hàn zǐ | man; fellow; husband (dialect) |
| 好汉 | hǎo hàn | hero; strong and courageous person; CL:条 |
| 汉语 | hàn yǔ | Chinese language; CL:门 |
| 后汉书 | Hòu Hàn shū | History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Fan Ye 范晔 in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, 120 scrolls |
| 汉中 | Hàn zhōng | Hànzhōng prefecture level city in Shǎnxī 陝西 |
| 罗汉 | luó hàn | abbr. for 阿罗汉 |
| 汉学 | hàn xué | studies of classical Chinese back to the Han; Chinese studies (in foreign schools) |
| 武汉市 | Wǔ hàn shì | Wuhan city on Changjiang, subprovincial city and capital of Hubei province |
| 两汉 | liǎng Hàn | Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD); refers to the Western Han and Eastern Han |
| 男子汉 | nán zǐ hàn | man (i.e. manly, masculine) |
| 汉城 | Hàn chéng | Hanseong, old name of Seoul as traditional capital of Korea and capital of South Korea; adopted new Chinese spelling 首尔 in 2005 |
| 汉堡 | Hàn bǎo | hamburger (loanword); Hamburg (German city) |
| 江汉 | Jiāng hàn | Jianghan district of Wuhan city 武汉市, Hubei |
| 后汉 | Hòu Hàn | Later Han or Eastern Han dynasty (25-220); Later Han of the Five Dynasties (947-950) |
| 前汉 | Qián Hàn | Former Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 西汉, Western Han Dynasty |
| 懒汉 | lǎn hàn | idle fellow; lazybones |
| 汉江 | Hàn jiāng | Han River |
| 粤汉铁路 | Yuè Hàn Tiě lù | Canton-Hankou Railway, linking Guangzhou and Wuchang, incorporated since 1957 into the Jing-Guang Railway 京广铁路 |
| 蜀汉 | Shǔ Hàn | Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han |
| 南汉 | Nán Hàn | Southern Han |
| 汉献帝 | 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 |
| 广汉 | Guǎng hàn | Guanghan county level city in Deyang 德阳, Sichuan |
| 汉川 | Hàn chuān | Hanchuan county level city in Xiaogan 孝感, Hubei |
| 不到长城非好汉 | bù dào cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn | lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal |
| 中古汉语 | zhōng gǔ Hàn yǔ | middle and early Chinese (linguistics) |
| 杰伊汉港 | Jié yī hàn gǎng | Ceyhan (Turkish Mediterranean port) |
| 先汉 | xiān Hàn | pre-Han; China before to 200 BC |
| 前汉书 | Qián Hàn Shū | History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Ban Gu 班固 in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls |
| 北汉 | Běi Hàn | Han of the Five dynasties (951-979), one of ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms period (907-960) |
| 商务汉语考试 | Shāng wù Hàn yǔ kǎo shì | Business Chinese Test (BCT) |
| 单身汉 | dān shēn hàn | bachelor; unmarried man |
| 国家汉办 | Guó jiā Hàn bàn | Office of Chinese Language Council International (known colloquially as "Hanban"), an organ of the PRC government which develops Chinese language and culture teaching resources worldwide, and has established Confucius Institutes 孔子学院 internationally; abbr. to 汉办 |
| 大汉族主义 | dà Hàn zú zhǔ yì | Greater Han nationalism |
| 天汉 | Tiān hàn | the Milky Way |
| 夯汉 | hāng hàn | carrier who carries heavy loads on his shoulder (topolect) |
好汉做事，
好汉当 | hǎo hàn zuò shì ,
hǎo hàn dāng | daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it; a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions; the buck stops here |
| 宣汉 | Xuān hàn | Xuanhan county in Dazhou 达州, Sichuan |
