han dynasty

1. 1.

   imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization

   SynonymsHan

   Broaderdynasty

Questions about han dynasty

What does han dynasty mean?

han dynasty means "imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization".

What is another word for han dynasty?

Close synonyms include Han. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is han dynasty a common word?

han dynasty is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.