Cantonese words starting with H
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開平市开平市
hoi1 ping4 si5Kaiping, a county-level city in Jiangmen City 江門市|江门市[Jiang1 men2 Shi4], Guangdong
開票开票
hoi1 piu3to open ballot boxes; to make out a voucher or invoice etc
開普敦开普敦
hoi1 pou2 deon1Cape Town (city in South Africa)
開普勒开普勒
hoi1 pou2 lak6Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), German astronomer and formulator of Kepler's laws of planetary motion
開舖开铺
hoi1 pou3open a shop (spoken)
開鋪开铺
hoi1 pou3to open a store; to run a store
開盤开盘
hoi1 pun4to commence trading (stock market)
開盤口开盘口
hoi1 pun4 hau2to open a book or to offer odds (in gambling) [colloquial]
開盤匯率开盘汇率
hoi1 pun4 wui6 leot2opening exchange rate
開篷車开篷车
hoi1 pung4 ce1convertible (car)
開晒巷开晒巷
hoi1 saai3 hong6something that has been made known to everyone [colloquial]
開三次方开三次方
hoi1 saam1 ci3 fong1(math.) to extract a cube root
開山开山
hoi1 saan1to cut into a mountain (to open a mine)
開山鼻祖开山鼻祖
hoi1 saan1 bei6 zou2founder
開山祖師开山祖师
hoi1 saan1 zou2 si1founding master of a monastery; originator
開涮开涮
hoi1 saan3(coll.) to make fun of; to tease; to rib
開心开心
hoi1 sam1to feel happy; to have a great time
開心見誠开心见诚
hoi1 sam1 gin3 sing4nothing to hide; be frank (slang)
開心果开心果
hoi1 sam1 gwo2pistachio nuts
開心顏开心颜
hoi1 sam1 ngaan4to rejoice
開身开身
hoi1 san1departure of a boat or ferry (old slang)
開手开手
hoi1 sau2to (let something) leave from one's hands; to start; to start a fight
開首开首
hoi1 sau2in the beginning
開聲开声
hoi1 seng1to speak out; to request; the act of "opening" the voice before singing
開水开水
hoi1 seoi2boiled water
開水喉开水喉
hoi1 seoi2 hau4literally: to open the tap; to cry; credit relaxation [colloquial]
開信刀开信刀
hoi1 seon3 dou1a letter opener
開司米开司米
hoi1 si1 mai5(loanword) cashmere
開市开市
hoi1 si5(of a store, stock market etc) to open for trading
開士米开士米
hoi1 si6 mai5(loanword) cashmere
開釋开释
hoi1 sik1to release (a prisoner)
開先开先
hoi1 sin1at first
開線开线
hoi1 sin3to come unsewn
開膳开膳
hoi1 sin6to start to eat
開城开城
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
開誠佈公开诚布公
hoi1 sing4 bou3 gung1variant of 開誠布公|开诚布公[kai1 cheng2 bu4 gong1]
開誠布公开诚布公
hoi1 sing4 bou3 gung1lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom); frank and open-minded; Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves.
開城市开城市
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
開誠相見开诚相见
hoi1 sing4 soeng1 gin3candid and open (idiom)
開消开消
hoi1 siu1variant of 開銷|开销[kai1 xiao1]
開銷开销
hoi1 siu1to pay (expenses); (old) to dismiss (an employee)
開小差开小差
hoi1 siu2 caai1to be absent-minded; to abscond from the army
開小會开小会
hoi1 siu2 wui2to whisper and chat (instead of listening during a meeting or lecture)
開小灶开小灶
hoi1 siu2 zou3to give preferential treatment
開鎖开锁
hoi1 so2to unlock
開船开船
hoi1 syun4to set sail
開攤开摊
hoi1 taan1to open a stall
開頭开头
hoi1 tau4to start or commence
開天窗开天窗
hoi1 tin1 coeng1to leave a blank to mark censored area
開天闢地开天辟地
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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