Cantonese words starting with H

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The sound of laughter; haha.

To bully, pick on, or oppress those who are weaker than oneself.

Pug, or more generally, any small toy dog with a wrinkled face such as a Pekingese.

To bully or domineer over others.

haa1 bing1 haai5 zoeng3

蝦兵蟹將虾兵蟹将

Unimportant and uninfluential people in an organization.

Plankton harvested for food in the Pearl River Delta during winter and spring.

Steamed rice noodle roll filled with shrimp; also refers to the digestive tract of a shrimp.

Ha gow; a steamed Cantonese dumpling made with shrimp, pork, and translucent crystal skin.

A woven bamboo trap or nest used for catching shrimp.

Shrimp paste; a firm condiment made by mixing shrimp with salt and sun-drying it.

Shrimp or prawn.

Ha-ha; the sound of laughter, sometimes used to show a polite or forced laugh.

haa1 haa1 baa3 baa3

蝦蝦霸霸虾虾霸霸

To go around bullying, intimidating, or lording it over others.

haa1 haa1 geng3

哈哈鏡哈哈镜

Distorting mirror; a mirror with an uneven surface that reflects distorted, amusing images.

Ha ha ha; an onomatopoeia representing laughter.

Difficult to do well; demanding of the person doing it.

Shelled shrimp; shrimp meat with the head and tail removed.

哈爾濱哈尔滨

Harbin; a city in northeastern China and the provincial capital of Heilongjiang.

Shrimp ball; a type of meatball made from minced shrimp meat.

Shelled fresh prawn cooked and curled up into a round shape.

A type of small crab.

Harley-Davidson; a brand of motorcycle.

Fresh, large prawn, served with or without its shell.

An embarrassing blunder, outtake, or blooper; to make a mistake.

Small dried shelled shrimps with their heads removed.

haa1 mat6 gwaa1

Hami melon; a sweet, oval or round melon with yellowish-green webbed skin.

A tiny shrimp, or figuratively, an unimportant person of low social standing.

Toad; a type of poisonous frog-like amphibian.

Rocky valleys, caves, or deep mountain chasms.

haa1 ngaa5 naa5

Havana, the capital city of Cuba.

haa1 ngaan5 seoi2

蝦眼水虾眼水

Simmering water; water that is just beginning to bubble and is about to boil.

haa1 saat3 hak1

哈薩克哈萨克

Kazakhstan; a country in northern Central Asia with its capital at Astana.

haa1 saat3 hak1 si1 taan2

哈薩克斯坦哈萨克斯坦

Kazakhstan, a country in northern Central Asia with its capital at Astana.

Prawn cracker; a crispy, stick-shaped snack made with prawns and starch.

Shrimp paste; a thick seasoning made of ground shrimp mixed with salt and dried.

Leisure or free time.

Flaw, defect, or imperfection.

Far or distant.

Rosy clouds or the colorful glow in the sky at sunrise or sunset.

haa4 bat1 jim2 jyu4

One's flaws are outweighed by one's excellence; the shortcomings do not ruin the overall merits.

A flaw, blemish, defect, or imperfection.

haa4 haa4 mou6 mou6

霞霞霧霧霞霞雾雾

Foggy, blurry, or muddled; lacking in clarity.

Condensate or mist formed on a hard surface, usually glass.

haa4 jyu4 wu6 gin3

瑕瑜互見瑕瑜互见

Having both merits and flaws.

Fog, mist, or haze.

Reveries; daydreams or flights of fancy.

Reverie, daydream, or fantasy that is detached from reality.

A classifier used for the number of occurrences of a short or sudden action.