Cantonese words starting with H
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開天索價，落地還錢开天索价，落地还钱
hoi1 tin1 saak3， lok6 dei6 waan4 cin4this phrase is used to describe during negotiations between two parties, the seller asking for a sky-high price whilst the buyer returns the offer with a rock bottom price
開天索價开天索价
hoi1 tin1 sok3 gaa3quoting at an unbelievable high price (spoken)
開庭开庭
hoi1 ting4to begin a (judicial) court session
開拖开拖
hoi1 to1to start a fight
開枱开枱
hoi1 toi2to start a Mahjong game
開檯开台
hoi1 toi2to play mahjong; to set a dining table
開臺开台
hoi1 toi4start of play
開臺鑼鼓开台锣鼓
hoi1 toi4 lo4 gu2opening gong
開拓开拓
hoi1 tok3to break new ground (for agriculture); to develop (border regions)
開拓創新开拓创新
hoi1 tok3 cong3 san1pioneering and innovative
開拓性开拓性
hoi1 tok3 sing3pioneering
開拓者开拓者
hoi1 tok3 ze2pioneer
開堂开堂
hoi1 tong4to open a law court
開膛手傑克开膛手杰克
hoi1 tong4 sau2 git6 hak1Jack the Ripper
開通开通
hoi1 tung1to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)
開脫开脱
hoi1 tyut3to exculpate; to exonerate
開脫罪責开脱罪责
hoi1 tyut3 zeoi6 zaak3to absolve sb from guilt; to exculpate
開懷开怀
hoi1 waai4to one's heart's content
開玩笑开玩笑
hoi1 waan4 siu3(verb) just kidding
開挖开挖
hoi1 waat3to dig out; to excavate; to scoop out
開胃开胃
hoi1 wai6to whet the appetite; to amuse oneself at sb's expense
開胃菜开胃菜
hoi1 wai6 coi3starter
開胃口开胃口
hoi1 wai6 hau2to stimulate the appetite [written and colloquial]
開胃酒开胃酒
hoi1 wai6 zau2aperitif wine
開鍋开锅
hoi1 wo1to season a wok; (of the contents of a pot) to start to boil
開鑊开镬
hoi1 wok6rape (slang)
開往开往
hoi1 wong5(of a bus, train etc) to leave for
開壺开壶
hoi1 wu4pot of boiling water
開戶开户
hoi1 wu6to open an account (bank etc)
開會开会
hoi1 wui2to hold a meeting
開齋开斋
hoi1 zaai1to break a drought (scoring the first point, closing the first deal, receive the first speeding ticket etc.)(Cantonese)
開齋節开斋节
hoi1 zaai1 zit3(Islam) Eid al-Fitr, festival that marks the end of Ramadan
開站开站
hoi1 zaam6to put a new bus or railway station into operation
開綻开绽
hoi1 zaan6to come unsewn
開集开集
hoi1 zaap6open set (math.)
開霽开霁
hoi1 zai3to clear up (of weather)
開走开走
hoi1 zau2to go (of car, train etc)
開酒費开酒费
hoi1 zau2 fai3corkage fee
開正开正
hoi1 zeng3to have things turn out as one desires; (of gambling) to draw exactly as one wishes
開罪开罪
hoi1 zeoi6to offend sb; to displease
開支开支
hoi1 zi1(noun) Spending
開支票开支票
hoi1 zi1 piu3to write a cheque
開枝散葉开枝散叶
hoi1 zi1 saan3 jip6having children or offsprings (idiom)
開展开展
hoi1 zin2to launch; to unfold
開戰开战
hoi1 zin3to start a war; to battle against
開徵开征
hoi1 zing1to start collecting taxes
開張开张
hoi1 zoeng1to open a business
開張大吉开张大吉
hoi1 zoeng1 daai6 gat1auspicious beginning of a new enterprise; the grand opening
開漳聖王开漳圣王
hoi1 zoeng1 sing3 wong4Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou, posthumous title of Tang dynasty general Chen Yuanguang (657-711) 陳元光|陈元光[Chen2 Yuan2 guang1]
開獎开奖
hoi1 zoeng2to announce the winners in a lottery
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