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# hani

«hani» in Mova's school dictionary: **a people of southern China (Yunnan), Vietnam, Laos and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun, a name (Hani); proper noun

### meaning for a pupil

1) (a name) The Hani are a people of southern China (Yunnan), Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar; their language is also called Hani. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hani/#m1)

2) (a name) Hani is a first name used in Arabic and some other languages, and a surname. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hani/#m2)

3) It is not an ordinary English word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hani/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons the Hani people are famous for the Honghe Hani rice terraces in Yunnan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, carved into mountain slopes over more than a thousand years. As a person's name it is written with a capital H. Phrases: Hani rice terraces, the Hani language.

### examples

- The Hani rice terraces climb up the mountains like giant steps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hani/#x1)
- The Hani people have farmed these hills for centuries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hani/#x2)
- Hani is a language spoken in China and Vietnam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hani/#x3)
- Hani is in Year 5 at our school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hani/#x4)
- We saw photos of the Hani terraces filled with water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hani/#x5)

### note

Capital H. Pronounced HAH-nee. It is a name or the name of a people and language, not an English common word. Do not confuse with «honey» or «hanny».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hani» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hani/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.