Cantonese words starting with H

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开平市
hoi1 ping4 si5Kaiping, a county-level city in Jiangmen City 江門市|江门市[Jiang1 men2 Shi4], Guangdong
开票
hoi1 piu3to open ballot boxes; to make out a voucher or invoice etc
开普敦
hoi1 pou2 deon1Cape Town (city in South Africa)
开普勒
hoi1 pou2 lak6Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), German astronomer and formulator of Kepler's laws of planetary motion
开铺
hoi1 pou3open a shop (spoken)
开铺
hoi1 pou3to open a store; to run a store
开盘
hoi1 pun4to commence trading (stock market)
开盘口
hoi1 pun4 hau2to open a book or to offer odds (in gambling) [colloquial]
开盘汇率
hoi1 pun4 wui6 leot2opening exchange rate
开篷车
hoi1 pung4 ce1convertible (car)
开晒巷
hoi1 saai3 hong6something that has been made known to everyone [colloquial]
开三次方
hoi1 saam1 ci3 fong1(math.) to extract a cube root
开山
hoi1 saan1to cut into a mountain (to open a mine)
开山鼻祖
hoi1 saan1 bei6 zou2founder
开山祖师
hoi1 saan1 zou2 si1founding master of a monastery; originator
开涮
hoi1 saan3(coll.) to make fun of; to tease; to rib
开心
hoi1 sam1to feel happy; to have a great time
开心见诚
hoi1 sam1 gin3 sing4nothing to hide; be frank (slang)
开心果
hoi1 sam1 gwo2pistachio nuts
开心颜
hoi1 sam1 ngaan4to rejoice
开身
hoi1 san1departure of a boat or ferry (old slang)
开手
hoi1 sau2to (let something) leave from one's hands; to start; to start a fight
开首
hoi1 sau2in the beginning
开声
hoi1 seng1to speak out; to request; the act of "opening" the voice before singing
开水
hoi1 seoi2boiled water
开水喉
hoi1 seoi2 hau4literally: to open the tap; to cry; credit relaxation [colloquial]
开信刀
hoi1 seon3 dou1a letter opener
开司米
hoi1 si1 mai5(loanword) cashmere
开市
hoi1 si5(of a store, stock market etc) to open for trading
开士米
hoi1 si6 mai5(loanword) cashmere
开释
hoi1 sik1to release (a prisoner)
开先
hoi1 sin1at first
开线
hoi1 sin3to come unsewn
开膳
hoi1 sin6to start to eat
开城
hoi1 sing4Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies
开诚布公
hoi1 sing4 bou3 gung1variant of 開誠布公|开诚布公[kai1 cheng2 bu4 gong1]
开诚布公
hoi1 sing4 bou3 gung1lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom); frank and open-minded; Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves.
开城市
hoi1 sing4 si5Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies
开诚相见
hoi1 sing4 soeng1 gin3candid and open (idiom)
开消
hoi1 siu1variant of 開銷|开销[kai1 xiao1]
开销
hoi1 siu1to pay (expenses); (old) to dismiss (an employee)
开小差
hoi1 siu2 caai1to be absent-minded; to abscond from the army
开小会
hoi1 siu2 wui2to whisper and chat (instead of listening during a meeting or lecture)
开小灶
hoi1 siu2 zou3to give preferential treatment
开锁
hoi1 so2to unlock
开船
hoi1 syun4to set sail
开摊
hoi1 taan1to open a stall
开头
hoi1 tau4to start or commence
开天窗
hoi1 tin1 coeng1to leave a blank to mark censored area
开天辟地
hoi1 tin1 pik1 dei6to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth

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