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好漢

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See also: 好汉

Chinese

More information good; well; be fond of, Chinese; name of a dynasty; man ...

		good; well; be fond of	Chinese; name of a dynasty; man
trad. (好漢)		好	漢
simp. (好汉)		好	汉

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Etymology

Attested earliest in Great Tang's New Accounts (《大唐新語》 ) by Liu Su (劉肅) (fl. 806-820):

長安中，則天問狄仁傑曰：「朕要一好漢使，有乎？」 [MSC, trad.]
长安中，则天问狄仁杰曰：「朕要一好汉使，有乎？」 [MSC, simp.]
From: Early 9th century, 劉肅 (Liu Su) 《大唐新語》 (Great Tang's New Account)
Cháng'ān zhōng, Zétiān wèn Dí Rénjié yuē: “Zhèn yào yī hǎohàn shǐ, yǒu hū?” [Pinyin]
While in Chang'an, Zetian asked Di Renjie: "We need a gallant envoy, is there any?"

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎohàn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² hon³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hó-hon
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hó-hàn

(Teochew, Peng'im): hao² hang³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎohàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎohàn
  - Wade–Giles: hao³-han⁴
  - Yale: hǎu-hàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haohann
  - Palladius: хаохань (xaoxanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hou² hon³
  - Yale: hóu hon
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou² hon³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou² hon³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ hɔːn³³/
  - Homophones:
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Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-hon
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˋ hon
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ hon⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ hon⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-hàn
  - Tâi-lô: hó-hàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'haxn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ han²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ han⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ han²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ han¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ han²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hao² hang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: háu hàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau⁵²⁻³⁵ haŋ²¹³/

Noun

好漢

brave man; true man; hero
- 我雖不曾認的，江湖上久聞他是個及時雨宋公明；且又仗義疏財，扶危濟困，是個天下聞名的好漢。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  我虽不曾认的，江湖上久闻他是个及时雨宋公明；且又仗义疏财，扶危济困，是个天下闻名的好汉。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14^th century CE
  Wǒ suī bùcéng rènde, jiānghú shàng jiǔ wén tā shì ge jíshíyǔ Sòng Gōngmíng; qiě yòu zhàngyìshūcái, fúwēijìkùn, shì ge tiānxià wénmíng de hǎohàn. [Pinyin]
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- 1933, Lu Xun, “查舊帳”, in 准風月談, 魯迅全集出版社, published 1947, page 52:
  
  斬犯綁赴法場的時候，大叫道，「過了二十年，又是一條好漢！」為了另起爐竈，從新做人，非經過二十年不可，真是麻煩得很。 [MSC, trad.]
  斩犯绑赴法场的时候，大叫道，「过了二十年，又是一条好汉！」为了另起炉灶，从新做人，非经过二十年不可，真是麻烦得很。 [MSC, simp.]
  Zhǎnfàn bǎng fù fǎchǎng de shíhòu, dàjiào dào, “guò le èrshí nián, yòu shì yī tiáo hǎohàn!” Wèile lìngqǐlúzào, cóng xīn zuòrén, fēi jīngguò èrshí nián bùkě, zhēnshì máfán dehěn. [Pinyin]
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Synonyms

俊傑 / 俊杰 (jùnjié)
英豪 (yīngháo)
英雄 (yīngxióng)
龍虎 / 龙虎 (lónghǔ) (figurative)

Derived terms

一場官司一場火，任你好漢沒處躲 / 一场官司一场火，任你好汉没处躲
不到長城非好漢 / 不到长城非好汉 (bùdào Chángchéng fēi hǎohàn)
二十年後又是一條好漢 / 二十年后又是一条好汉 (èrshí nián hòu yòu shì yī tiáo hǎohàn)
十八年後又是一條好漢 / 十八年后又是一条好汉 (shíbā nián hòu yòu shì yī tiáo hǎohàn)
好漢不吃眼前虧 / 好汉不吃眼前亏 (hǎohàn bù chī yǎnqián kuī)
好漢不怕出身低 / 好汉不怕出身低
好漢不提當年勇 / 好汉不提当年勇 (hǎohàn bù tí dāngnián yǒng)
好漢不論出身低 / 好汉不论出身低
好漢做事，好漢當 / 好汉做事，好汉当
好漢只怕病來磨 / 好汉只怕病来磨
好漢惜好漢 / 好汉惜好汉
好漢架不住三泡稀 / 好汉架不住三泡稀 (hǎohàn jiàbùzhù sān pāo xī)
江湖好漢 / 江湖好汉
綠林好漢 / 绿林好汉
英雄好漢 / 英雄好汉 (yīngxiónghǎohàn)

Vietnamese

More information chữ Hán Nôm in this term ...

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
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Noun

好漢

chữ Hán form of hảo hán (“courageous man”).

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