Cantonese words starting with H

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hoi2 ngoi6 cek3 zi2

Patriotic overseas compatriot.

hoi2 ngoi6 kiu4 baau1

海外僑胞海外侨胞

Overseas Chinese; Chinese compatriots residing abroad.

hoi2 ngoi6 waa4 jan4

海外華人海外华人

Overseas Chinese; people of Chinese birth or descent who live outside of China.

Coast or seashore; the area where land meets the sea.

hoi2 ngon6 ging2 wai6 deoi2

海岸警衛隊海岸警卫队

Coastguard; a maritime security organization.

hoi2 ngon6 sin3

海岸線海岸线

Coastline; the boundary line between the land and the ocean.

hoi2 ngon6 wu6 wai6 deoi2

海岸護衛隊海岸护卫队

Haining, a county-level city in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China.

海寧市海宁市

Haining, a county-level city in Jiaxing, Zhejiang.

Heinrich Heine, German lyric poet.

Within the country; domestic.

hoi2 noi6 cyun4 zi1 gei2 ，tin1 ngaai4 joek6 bei2 leon4

海內存知己，天涯若比鄰海内存知己，天涯若比邻

True friendship makes far-flung realms feel like next door; a close friend makes the whole world feel close.

hoi2 noi6 ngoi6

海內外海内外

Domestic and international; both at home and abroad.

Hai'an, a county-level city in Nantong, Jiangsu, China.

Seal; the marine mammal with flippers and no external ears.

hoi2 paau3 bou6 deoi2

海豹部隊海豹部队

The Navy SEALs; the primary special operations force of the United States Navy.

Phocidae; the biological family within Carnivora that includes true seals.

Waterfront; seaside land or promenade.

hoi2 ping4 min6

Sea level; the average height of the ocean's surface.

Cuttlebone, especially as used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Harbourside; waterfront.

A building built with cheap, substandard concrete containing a high quantity of sea sand.

Caesar or Kaiser; names of Roman and German historical figures or titles.

Caesar; by extension, an emperor, Kaiser, or Tsar.

hoi2 saat3 lak6 ngaa5

凱撒肋雅凯撒肋雅

Caesarea, a town in Israel between Tel Aviv and Haifa.

hoi2 saat3 zoeng3

凱撒醬凯撒酱

Caesar salad dressing.

Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai.

hoi2 sai1 mung4 gu2 zuk6 zong6 zuk6 zi6 zi6 zau1

海西蒙古族藏族自治州

Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Qinghai Province.

Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Qinghai province, China.

hoi2 sai6 saan1 mang4

To pledge undying love; an oath of eternal love.

Sea cucumber; a marine invertebrate with a long body and leathery skin, prized as a Chinese delicacy.

hoi2 sam1 baak3

Werner Heisenberg, German physicist.

Werner Heisenberg, a German physicist.

Haixinsha, an island in Guangzhou, China.

Poseidon, Neptune, or any other god of the sea.

凱瑟琳凯瑟琳

Catherine, a female given name.

Sea snake or sea serpent.

Seawater; the water in the ocean.

hoi2 seoi2 bat1 ho2 dau2 loeng4

海水不可斗量

One cannot measure the sea with a bushel; used to express that a person's true potential or worth cannot be judged by appearances.

hoi2 seoi2 dou2 gun3

Saltwater intrusion; the backflow of seawater into freshwater systems or onto land.

hoi2 seoi2 joeng5 zik6

海水養殖海水养殖

Mariculture; the cultivation of marine organisms in seawater.

hoi2 seoi2 jyu4

海水魚海水鱼

Marine fish; saltwater fish.

Hai Rui (1514-1587), a famous Ming dynasty politician known for his honesty and integrity.

hoi2 seoi6 baa6 gun1

海瑞罷官海瑞罢官

Hai Rui Dismissed from Office, a 1960 historical play by historian Wu Han.

Hisense, a Chinese multinational home appliances and electronics manufacturer.

Hayes, used as a transliterated name.

Sea lion; a marine mammal with external ears and flipper-like limbs that rests on land.

Mirage, both literal and figurative.