# 邯鄲
## Chinese

* 邯鄲 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 邯鄲 (Cantonese)
* Hàng-dăng (Eastern Min)
* Hân-tan-chhī (Southern Min)
* 邯郸市 (Wu)

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Hándān
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ㄉㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hon$^4$ daan$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hâm-tan / Hân-tan
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Hándān
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄉㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Hándan
*** Wade–Giles: Han$^2$-tan$^1$
*** Yale: Hán-dān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Harndan
*** Palladius: Ханьдань (Xanʹdanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xän³⁵ tän⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hon$^4$ daan$^1$
*** Yale: hòhn dāan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hon$^4$ daan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hon$^4$ dan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔːn²¹ taːn⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hâm-tan
*** Tâi-lô: Hâm-tan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hamdafn
*** IPA (Taipei): /ham²⁴⁻¹¹ tan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ham²⁴⁻²² tan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ham²³⁻³³ tan⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hân-tan
*** Tâi-lô: Hân-tan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: handafn
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /han²⁴⁻²² tan³³/
* Middle Chinese: han tan
Rime :
| Character | 邯 | 鄲 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 寒 (61) | 寒 (61) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 胡安切 | 都寒切 |
| Baxter | han | tan |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦɑn/ | /tɑn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦɑn/ | /tɑn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɑn/ | /tɑn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦan/ | /tan/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣɑn/ | /tɑn/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣɑn/ | /tɑn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣɑn/ | /tɑn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hán | dān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hon$^4$ | daan$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤa[n] tˤa[r]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːm taːn/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 邯 | 鄲 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | hán | dān |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ han › | ‹ tan › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡ]ˁa[n]/ | /*tˁa[r]/ |
| English | 邯鄲 han.tan (placename) | 邯鄲 han.tan place name |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 邯 | 鄲 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 3669 | 1996 |
| Phonetic component | 甘 | 單 |
| Rime group | 元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 寒 | 單 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡaːm/ | /*taːn/ |

### Proper noun

邯鄲
* (historical) Handan (capital of the State of Zhao during the Warring States period, in present-day Handan City)
* (～市) Handan (a prefecture-level city in Hebei, China)
* (～縣) (historical) Handan (a former county of Handan, Hebei, China, succeeded by Congtai and Hanshan Districts)
* a Chinese compound surname

#### Derived terms

* 一枕邯鄲 / 一枕邯郸
* 夢邯鄲 / 梦邯郸
* 學步邯鄲 / 学步邯郸
* 邯鄲一夢 / 邯郸一梦
* 邯鄲一枕 / 邯郸一枕
* 邯鄲之夢 / 邯郸之梦
* 邯鄲伎 / 邯郸伎
* 邯鄲匍匐 / 邯郸匍匐
* 邯鄲夢 / 邯郸梦
* 邯鄲學步 / 邯郸学步 (hándānxuébù)
* 邯鄲故步 / 邯郸故步
* 邯鄲曲 / 邯郸曲
* 邯鄲枕 / 邯郸枕
* 邯鄲步 / 邯郸步
* 邯鄲爺 / 邯郸爷
* 邯鄲蝨 / 邯郸虱
* 邯鄲行 / 邯郸行
* 邯鄲路 / 邯郸路
* 邯鄲道 / 邯郸道
* 邯鄲郭公 / 邯郸郭公
* 邯鄲重步 / 邯郸重步
* 邯鄲鳩 / 邯郸鸠
* 魯酒薄而邯鄲圍 / 鲁酒薄而邯郸围

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 邯鄲(かんたん) (Kantan)
* → Korean: 한단(邯鄲) (Handan)
Others:
* → English: Handan, Han-tan

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 邯 | 鄲 |
| かん Hyōgai | たん Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

邯鄲(カンタン) or 邯(かん)鄲(たん) • (kantan)
* tree cricket, Oecanthus longicauda

#### Usage notes

* As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

### Proper noun

邯(かん)鄲(たん) • (Kantan)
* (historical) Handan (capital of the State of Zhao during the Warring States period, in present-day Handan City)
* Handan (a prefecture-level city in Hebei, China)

#### Derived terms

* 邯鄲(かんたん)の歩(あゆ)み (Kantan no ayumi)
* 邯鄲(かんたん)の枕(まくら) (Kantan no makura)
* 邯鄲(かんたん)の夢(ゆめ) (Kantan no yume)
* 邯鄲夢(かんたんゆめ)の枕(まくら) (Kantan yume no makura)