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汗

hàn

HSK 4 Character Measure word 滴、头、身

What 汗 means

1. perspiration
2. sweat
3. to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc) (Internet slang used as an interjection)

Other readings

汗 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• hánsee {可汗|kè hán}, {汗国|hán guó}

Example sentences

• 我正流着汗。
  I'm dripping with sweat.
• 他开始出汗了。
  Tā kāishǐ chūhàn le.
  He began to sweat.
• 擦掉你额头上的汗。
  Cādiào nǐ étóu shàng de hàn.
  Wipe the sweat from your brow.
• 他擦去了脸上的汗水。
  Tā cā qù le liǎn shàng de hànshuǐ.
  He wiped the sweat off his face.
• 阿富汗有许多不同的景色
  āfùhàn yǒu xǔduō bù tóng de jǐngsè
  Afghanistan has different kinds of landscapes.
• 喀布尔是阿富汗的首都。
  Kābù'ěr shì āfùhàn de shǒudū.
  Kabul is the capital of Afghanistan.

Words starting with 汗

• 汗水hàn shuǐsweat; perspiration
• 汗珠hàn zhūbeads of sweat
• 汗颜hàn yánto blush with shame (literary)
• 汗毛hàn máohair; soft hair; down
• 汗流浃背hàn liú jiā bèito sweat profusely (idiom); drenched in sweat
• 汗衫hàn shānvest; undershirt; shirt
• 汗国hán guókhanate (Mongol state)
• 汗马hàn mǎ(lit.) to exert one's horse; (fig.) war exploits; warhorse (abbr. for 汗血马
• 汗背心hàn bèi xīntank top; sleeveless undershirt
• 汗血马hàn xuè mǎ(in ancient times) Ferghana horse; (later) fine horse
• 汗液hàn yèsweat
• 汗血宝马hàn xuè bǎo mǎFerghana horse
• 汗马功劳hàn mǎ gōng láowar exploits; (fig.) heroic contribution
• 汗津津hàn jīn jīnsweaty
• 汗如雨下hàn rú yǔ xiàsweating like rain (idiom); to perspire profusely; sweating like a pig
• 汗漫hàn mànvast; without boundaries; power (of a river or ocean)
• 汗珠子hàn zhū zibeads of sweat
• 汗孔hàn kǒngsweat pore
• 汗毛孔hàn máo kǒngsweat pore
• 汗粒hàn lìbead of sweat
• 汗臭hàn chòubody odor
• 汗腾格里峰Hán téng gé lǐ FēngKhan Tengri or Mt Hantengri on the border between Xinjiang and Kazakhstan
• 汗腺hàn xiànsweat gland
• 汗牛充栋hàn niú chōng dònglit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom)…

Words containing 汗

• 阿富汗Ā fù hànAfghanistan
• 冷汗lěng hàncold sweat
• 出汗chū hànto perspire; to sweat
• 满头大汗mǎn tóu dà hànbrow beaded with sweat; perspiring freely
• 成吉思汗Chéng jí sī hánGenghis Khan (1162-1227), founder and ruler of the Mongol Empire
• 血汗钱xuè hàn qiánhard-earned money
• 血汗xuè hàn(fig.) sweat and toil; hard work
• 大汗淋漓dà hàn lín lídripping with sweat
• 冒汗mào hànto sweat
• 流汗liú hànto sweat
• 可汗kè hánkhan (loanword)
• 挥汗如雨huī hàn rú yǔto drip with sweat; sweat poured off (him)
• 大汗dà hànprofuse perspiration
• 挥汗huī hànto sweat profusely
• 油汗yóu hànoily sweat; (dialect) aphid
• 发汗fā hànto sweat
• 落汗lào hànto stop sweating; (mahjong and card games) to mark the tiles or cards with one's sweat…
• 蒙汗药méng hàn yàoknockout drops
• 金国汗Jīn guó hánthe Later Jin dynasty (from 1616-); the Manchu khanate or kingdom that took over as the…
• 血汗工厂xuè hàn gōng chǎngsweatshop
• 金帐汗国Jīn zhàng Hán guóGolden Horde (ancient state)
• 阿富汗语Ā fù hàn yǔAfghan (language); Pashto language
• 黑汗王朝Hēi hán Wáng cháoKarakhan Dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century
• 止汗剂zhǐ hàn jìanti-perspirant

Characters built on 干

These share the phonetic component 干 (gān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 南nánsouth
• 赶gǎnto overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc)
• 刊kānto print; to publish; publication
• 罕hǎnrare
• 杆gǎnstick; pole; lever
• 肝gānliver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing…
• 旱hàndrought
• 竿gān(bound form) pole; rod

Characters that look like 汗

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 纤xiānfine; delicate; minute
• 汁zhījuice
• 纾shūabundant; ample; at ease

Sounds the same

Read hàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 汉man
• 憾regret (sense of loss or dissatisfaction)
• 旱drought
• 捍to ward off (a blow); to withstand; to defend
• 撼to shake; to vibrate
• 翰writing brush; writing; pen
• 悍heroic; intrepid; valiant
• 焊to weld; to braze; to solder
• 菡lotus blossom
• 瀚ocean; vastness
• 颔chin; to nod (one's assent)
• 螒Aulacophora femoralis