Handan

Handan

See also: handan

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade–Giles) Han-tan

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 邯鄲／邯郸 (Hándān).

Proper noun

Handan

1. A prefecture-level city in Hebei, China.
   • 2001, “People with Disabilities”, in Falun Gong Stories: A Journey to Ultimate Health‎, Golden Lotus Press, →ISBN, OCLC 155384434, page 37:

     Xiufen Xie, 53, was born in a village near Handan City, Hebei Province, China. Her story was originally published in an official Chinese newspaper in 1998.

Translations

a prefecture-level city in north China

Arabic: هَانْدَان‎ m (handān), خَانْدَان‎ m (ḵandān) Chinese: Mandarin: 邯鄲／邯郸 (zh) (Hándān) Japanese: 邯鄲 (かんたん, Kantan) Korean: 한단(邯鄲) (Handan) Macedonian: Хандан m (Handan) Russian: Ханьда́нь m (Xanʹdánʹ) Vietnamese: Hàm Đan

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Handan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, LCCN 98-071262, OCLC 164337564, page 1228, column 3