Meanings
- pluralplural onlyA Tibeto-Burman people living in Yunnan, China, Vietnam, and Laos, where they are also known as Ho.
“Everyone was wearing designer labels,” said Zhelu, 22, a farmer who is a member of the region’s Hani minority and uses only one name. “A lot of people bought cars, but now we can’t afford gas so we just park them.”
2009 January 16, Andrew Jacobs, “A County in China Sees Its Fortunes in Tea Leaves Until a Bubble Bursts”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2021
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna Loloish language, spoken in South Yunnan Province, Jingdong and Jinggu counties, Yuanjiang and Lancang (Mekong) river basins, Ailao mountains
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Mandarin哈尼
- HaniHaqniq
- EnglishHani
From Hani Haqniq, probably via Mandarin 哈尼 (Hāní).
More words from Hani, Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 哈尼族, 哈尼語 /哈尼语
- 哈尼族 (Hānízú)people
- 哈尼語 /哈尼语 (Hāníyǔ)language
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Cite this entry
Hani. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hani
“Hani.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hani. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hani,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hani.
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