Han Chinese

Han Chinese adjective: referring to the largest ethnic group native to China.

Adjective

Han Chinese (not comparable)

Referring to the largest ethnic group native to China.
- 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...2007 April, Julie Grundvig, “TAIWAN”, in The Asia Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the Continent, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 103, column 2

Han Chinese (plural Han Chinese)

(countable, in plural) A member of the largest ethnic group native to China.
- 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.2005, “Intergenerational Transfer in China”, in Unequal Chances: Family Background and Economic Success, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 238; republished as “Son Preference, Marriage, and Intergenerational...
- 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...2007, Marcus W. Feldman, Shripad Tuljapurkar, Shuzhuo Li, Xiaoyi Jin, Nan Li, “Son Preference, Marriage, and Intergenerational Transfer in Rural China”, in Anne H. Gauthier, C.Y. Cyrus Chu, Shripad...

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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.2007 April, Julie Grundvig, “TAIWAN”, in The Asia Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the Continent, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 103, column 2:
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.2007, Marcus W. Feldman, Shripad Tuljapurkar, Shuzhuo Li, Xiaoyi Jin, Nan Li, “Son Preference, Marriage, and Intergenerational Transfer in...
He is a Han Chinese and the orphan of the great hero Li Wencheng.2016, Reggie Hanlon, Tragedy on a Light-Year Scale:
I might also say that my tour guide was a Han Chinese and not originally from Xinjiang.2020, Albert Riley, The Life and Journeys of a Dabizi:

From Han (Mandarin 漢 /汉 (Hàn)) + Chinese.

What does Han Chinese mean?: Han Chinese means referring to the largest ethnic group native to China.
What is Han Chinese in Hindi?: Han Chinese in Hindi is हान चीनी (hān cīnī). See Han Chinese meaning in Hindi.
How do you use Han Chinese in a sentence?: 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.
What part of speech is Han Chinese?: Han Chinese can be an adjective or a noun.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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