Cantonese words starting with H

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Homer, the poet of ancient Greece.

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河漫灘河漫滩

Ho Man Tin, an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong, located southeast of Mong Kok and north of Hung Hom.

Hemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo in Zhejiang, dating back to circa 5000 BC.

ho4 mou5 dou6 wai4 zi2

河姆渡遺址河姆渡遗址

Hemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo in Zhejiang, dating back to circa 5000 BC.

Henan province, or the Haizhu District in southern Guangzhou.

ho4 naam4 jyun6

河南縣河南县

Henan County, a county in Qinghai province, China.

ho4 naam4 mung4 gu2 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6

河南蒙古族自治縣河南蒙古族自治县

Henan Mongol Autonomous County, a county in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai.

ho4 naam4 saang2

Henan, a province in central China with its capital at Zhengzhou.

ho4 nei4 aa3 laai1

Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands.

ho4 ngoi6 sing1 hai6

Extragalactic star system or galaxy outside the Milky Way.

ho4 ngoi6 sing1 wan4

河外星雲河外星云

Extragalactic nebula.

Riverside; riverbank.

Hanoi, the capital, industrial, and cultural center of Vietnam.

Freshwater mussels or clams.

Rivers and mountains, representing a country's land, territory, or scenery.

Land west of the Yellow River.

ho4 sai1 aa3 syu1

何西阿書何西阿书

Hexipu, a town in Yongchang County, Gansu.

河西區河西区

Hexi District, a district of Tianjin municipality.

ho4 sai1 zau2 long4

Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road.

River god; a deity associated with or ruling over a river.

何首烏何首乌

Tuber fleeceflower (Polygonum multiflorum); a plant commonly used as a herb in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

No need to; why bother; there is no necessity to do something.

ho4 seoi2 bat1 faan6 zeng2 seoi2

河水不犯井水

To mind one's own business and not interfere with one another.

When; at what time.

ho4 si4 ho4 dei6

何時何地何时何地

When and where; at what time and in what place.

Freshwater food; edible animals caught from rivers.

Where; what place.

River Elegy, an influential 1988 CCTV documentary series.

Used in a rhetorical question to express denial or a negative assertion.

ho4 suk6 on1 dik1 lit6 si1

荷屬安的列斯荷属安的列斯

Netherlands Antilles

River bank, river shore, or sandy strand.

An embankment or dyke along a river to prevent flooding.

Lotus pond; a pond where lotus flowers are grown.

ho4 tong4 keoi1

荷塘區荷塘区

Hetang District, a district of Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province.

A meander or meander loop; a river bend and its surrounding basin.

Kappa; a child-sized humanoid water creature in Japanese folklore.

Blowfish or pufferfish.

ho4 tyun4 duk6 sou3

Tetrodotoxin (TTX); a potent neurotoxin found in pufferfish.

To ask the meaning of a concept or a name, often used in rhetorical questions to express indignation or contempt.

何韻詩何韵诗

Denise Ho; a prominent Hong Kong singer and activist for LGBT rights and democracy.

White-throated dipper (Cinclus cinclus), a bird species.

Heze, a prefecture-level city in Shandong, China.

菏澤市菏泽市

Heze, a prefecture-level city in Shandong Province, China.

荷澤寺荷泽寺

Heze temple in Fuzhou, Fujian.

Taiwanese-style oyster omelette, made with oysters, sweet potato starch, eggs, and vegetables.