Cantonese words starting with H
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荷馬荷马
ho4 maa5Homer, poet of ancient Greece
河漫灘河漫滩
ho4 maan6 taan1floodplain
何文田
ho4 man4 tin4the name of a place in Hong Kong: Ho Man Tin
河姆渡
ho4 mou5 dou6Hemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo in Zhejiang, going back to c. 5000 BC
河姆渡遺址河姆渡遗址
ho4 mou5 dou6 wai4 zi2Hemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo 長江|长江 in Zhejiang, going back to c. 5000 BC
河南
ho4 naam4see 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3]
河南縣河南县
ho4 naam4 jyun6see 河南蒙古族自治縣|河南蒙古族自治县[He2 nan2 Meng2 gu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
河南蒙古族自治縣河南蒙古族自治县
ho4 naam4 mung4 gu2 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6Henan Mongol Autonomous County, in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 黃南藏族自治州|黄南藏族自治州[Huang2 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
河南省
ho4 naam4 saang2Henan Province, capital Zhengzhou 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4] (short name 豫[Yu4])
荷尼阿拉
ho4 nei4 aa3 laai1Honiara, capital of Solomon Islands (Tw)
河外星系
ho4 ngoi6 sing1 hai6extragalactic star system
河外星雲河外星云
ho4 ngoi6 sing1 wan4extragalactic nebula
河岸
ho4 ngon6riverside
河內河内
ho4 noi6Hanoi, capital of Vietnam
河蚌
ho4 pong5mussels
河沙
ho4 saa1river sand
河山
ho4 saan1(noun) mountains and rivers; It means "land" in some content.
河西
ho4 sai1land west of the Yellow river
何西阿書何西阿书
ho4 sai1 aa3 syu1Book of Hosea
河西堡
ho4 sai1 bou2Hexipu, a town in Yongchang County 永昌縣|永昌县[Yong3 chang1 Xian4], Jinchang 金昌[Jin1 chang1], Gansu
河西區河西区
ho4 sai1 keoi1Hexi district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[Tian1 jin1 shi4]
河西走廊
ho4 sai1 zau2 long4Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road
河神
ho4 san4river god
何首烏何首乌
ho4 sau2 wu1Chinese knotweed (Polygonum multiflorum)
何須何须
ho4 seoi1there is no need
河水
ho4 seoi2river water
河水不犯井水
ho4 seoi2 bat1 faan6 zeng2 seoi2lit. river water does not interfere with well water (idiom); Do not interfere with one another.
何時何时
ho4 si4when
何時何地何时何地
ho4 si4 ho4 dei6When and where
河鮮河鲜
ho4 sin1(noun) white water fish
何所
ho4 so2where
河殤河殇
ho4 soeng1River Elegy, influential 1988 CCTV documentary series, said to have stimulated the Beijing Spring democracy movement of 1980s
何嘗何尝
ho4 soeng4(rhetorical question) when?; it's not that...
荷屬安的列斯荷属安的列斯
ho4 suk6 on1 dik1 lit6 si1Netherlands Antilles
河灘河滩
ho4 taan1river bank; river shore; strand
河堤
ho4 tai4the embankment
荷塘
ho4 tong4lotus pond
荷塘區荷塘区
ho4 tong4 keoi1Hetang, a district of Zhuzhou City 株洲市[Zhu1 zhou1 Shi4], Hunan
河套
ho4 tou3the Great Bend of the Yellow River in Inner Mongolia
河童
ho4 tung4kappa, a child-size humanoid water creature in Japanese folklore
河豚
ho4 tyun4blowfish; puffer (Tetraodontidae)
河豚毒素
ho4 tyun4 duk6 sou3tetrodotoxin (TTX)
何謂何谓
ho4 wai6(literary) what is?
何韻詩何韵诗
ho4 wan5 si1Denise Ho, a Hong Kong singer, and one of the founders of Hong Kong Shield, an organisation to promote universal sufferage and observance of unneeded violence enacted by Hong Kong's government, also an activist in promoting LGBT rights in Hong Kong
河烏河乌
ho4 wu1(bird species of China) white-throated dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
菏澤菏泽
ho4 zaak6see 菏澤市|菏泽市[He2 ze2 Shi4]
菏澤市菏泽市
ho4 zaak6 si5Heze, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3]
荷澤寺荷泽寺
ho4 zaak6 zi2Heze temple in Fuzhou, Fujian
蚵仔
ho4 zai2oyster (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô-á])
蚵仔煎
ho4 zai2 zin1(Tw) oyster omelette (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô-á-tsian])
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