Cantonese words starting with H
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開河期开河期
hoi1 ho4 kei4thawing and opening up of frozen river in spring
開香堂开香堂
hoi1 hoeng1 tong4a triad judicial hearing [colloquial]
開開心心开开心心
hoi1 hoi1 sam1 sam1to be happy; happily
開學开学
hoi1 hok6(of a student) to start school; (old) to found a school
開學日开学日
hoi1 hok6 jat6the first day of school; commencement day
開腔开腔
hoi1 hong1to speak out
開航开航
hoi1 hong4to set sail
開恩开恩
hoi1 jan1to give a favor (used of Christian God)
開印开印
hoi1 jan3to start a print run
開夜开夜
hoi1 je6working into the night (spoken)
開夜車开夜车
hoi1 je6 ce1to burn the midnight oil
開議开议
hoi1 ji5to hold a (business) meeting
開爾文开尔文
hoi1 ji5 man4Lord Kelvin 1824-1907, British physicist (William Thomson)
開演开演
hoi1 jin2(of a play, movie etc) to begin
開筵开筵
hoi1 jin4to host a banquet
開言开言
hoi1 jin4to start to speak
開映开映
hoi1 jing2to start showing a movie
開業开业
hoi1 jip6to open a business; open (for business)
開業大吉开业大吉
hoi1 jip6 daai6 gat1celebration on opening a business
開藥开药
hoi1 joek6to prescribe medicine
開揚开扬
hoi1 joeng4bright, open and spacious; cheerful
開陽开阳
hoi1 joeng4Mizar; Zeta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
開陽縣开阳县
hoi1 joeng4 jyun6Kaiyang, a county in Guiyang City 貴陽市|贵阳市[Gui4 yang2 Shi4], Guizhou
開元开元
hoi1 jyun4Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1] reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity
開原开原
hoi1 jyun4see 開原市|开原市[Kai1 yuan2 Shi4]
開源开源
hoi1 jyun4to establish additional sources of revenue
開原市开原市
hoi1 jyun4 si5Kaiyuan, a county-level city in Tieling City 鐵嶺市|铁岭市[Tie3 ling3 Shi4], Liaoning
開源節流开源节流
hoi1 jyun4 zit3 lau4lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom); to increase income and save on spending
開遠开远
hoi1 jyun5see 開遠市|开远市[Kai1 yuan3 Shi4]
開遠市开远市
hoi1 jyun5 si5Kaiyuan, a county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 紅河哈尼族彝族自治州|红河哈尼族彝族自治州[Hong2 he2 Ha1 ni2 zu2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
開啟开启
hoi1 kai2to start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc); (of a system or device) to start operating automatically; to self-initiate
開襟开襟
hoi1 kam1buttoned Chinese tunic
開襟冷衫开襟冷衫
hoi1 kam1 laang1 saam1a cardigan
開球开球
hoi1 kau4open ball (math.); to kick off (soccer)
開區間开区间
hoi1 keoi1 gaan1open interval (in calculus)
開曠开旷
hoi1 kwong3open and vast
開礦开矿
hoi1 kwong3to mine
開立开立
hoi1 laap6to set up; to open (an account, a branch store etc)
開嚟开嚟
hoi1 lai2open it (spoken)
開犁开犁
hoi1 lai4to start plowing
開例开例
hoi1 lai6to create a precedent
開溜开溜
hoi1 lau6to leave in stealth
開鐮开镰
hoi1 lim4to start the harvest
開臉开脸
hoi1 lim5(of a bride-to-be) to remove facial hair and trim hairline (old)
開列开列
hoi1 lit6to make (a list)
開裂开裂
hoi1 lit6to split open
開羅开罗
hoi1 lo4Cairo, capital of Egypt
開鑼开锣
hoi1 lo4to beat the gong to open a performance
開羅大學开罗大学
hoi1 lo4 daai6 hok6Cairo University
開鑼喝道开锣喝道
hoi1 lo4 hot3 dou6to clear a street by banging gongs and shouting loudly (idiom)
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