漢奸

See also: 汉奸

Chinese

		Chinese; name of a dynasty; man	traitor
trad. (漢奸)		漢	奸
simp. (汉奸)		汉	奸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hànjiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ gaan¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): hon³ gan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hon-kiên / hon-kiân
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hàn-kan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hang³ gang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hànjiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hànjian
    • Wade–Giles: han⁴-chien¹
    • Yale: hàn-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hannjian
    • Palladius: ханьцзянь (xanʹczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ gaan¹
    • Yale: hon gāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ gaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ gan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ kaːn⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: hon³ gan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵn²¹³⁻¹³ kan⁴²/

Note: especially during World War II with the Japanese.

• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hon-kiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: hon gien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hon⁴ gian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hon⁵⁵ ki̯en²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hon-kiân
    • Hakka Romanization System: hon gian´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hon⁴ gian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hon⁵⁵ ki̯an²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hàn-kan
    • Tâi-lô: hàn-kan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: harnkafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /han²¹⁻⁵³ kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /han⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /han²¹⁻⁵³ kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /han¹¹⁻⁵³ kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /han²¹⁻⁴¹ kan⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hang³ gang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hàng kang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kaŋ³³/

Noun

漢奸

1. (ethnic slur, politics) traitor to the Han ethnicity or the Chinese
2. (Beijing Mandarin) spinning top

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 陀螺 (“spinning top”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		陀螺
Mandarin	Beijing	漢奸
	Taiwan	陀螺
	Chengdu	地轉轉兒, 地轉子, 牛牛兒, 牛牛, 賤皮子
	Guiyang	格螺
	Yangzhou	牛
	Nanjing	地陀, 下流胚
	Singapore	陀螺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	擰螺, 定螺, 陀螺, 車乜
	Hong Kong	陀螺
	Taishan	菱角, 擰螺
Gan	Nanchang	陀螺
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	奇樂
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	極樂仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	獨樂
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	缺樂
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	獨樂
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	獨樂
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	極樂仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	極樂
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	極樂仔, 極樂
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	摔
Huizhou	Jixi	賤鞭螺
Jin	Xinzhou	猴兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	榛迷
Southern Min	Xiamen	矸轆
	Quanzhou	矸轆
	Zhangzhou	矸螺
	Taipei	矸轆
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	矸轆
	Kaohsiung	矸轆
	Yilan	矸轆
	Changhua (Lukang)	矸轆
	Taichung	矸轆
	Tainan	矸轆
	Hsinchu	矸轆
	Kinmen	矸轆
	Penghu (Magong)	矸轆, 柴佛
	Manila (Hokkien)	矸轆
	Longyan	陀螺
	Haikou	牛六
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	陀螺
Xiang	Changsha	得螺
	Loudi	地擂公

Related terms

• 臺奸 (táijiān)