Cantonese words starting with H

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学人
hok6 jan4scholar
学友
hok6 jau5study buddies, learning buddies
学而不厌
hok6 ji4 bat1 jim3study tirelessly (idiom, from Analects)
学而不厌,诲人不倦
hok6 ji4 bat1 jim3, fui3 jan4 bat1 gyun6study tirelessly, teach with endless enthusiasm (idiom, from Analects)
学而不思则罔,思而不学则殆
hok6 ji4 bat1 si1 zak1 mong5 ,si1 ji4 bat1 hok6 zak1 toi5To learn without thinking is confusing, to think without learning is dangerous (Confucius)
学而优则仕
hok6 ji4 jau1 zak1 si6one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom)
学以致用
hok6 ji5 zi3 jung6(verb phrase) To apply what one's have learned on practice
学然后知不足
hok6 jin4 hau6 zi1 bat1 zuk1to learn is to know one's ignorance (the Book of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4])
学业
hok6 jip6(noun) Education
学业有成
hok6 jip6 jau5 sing4to be successful in one's studies
学业进步
hok6 jip6 zeon3 bou6(wish you) proess in academic performance
学样
hok6 joeng6to follow suit
貉绒
hok6 jung4precious fur obtained from skin of raccoon dog after removing hard bristle
鹤绒
hok6 jung4duck down
退学如逆水行舟,不进则退
hok6 jyu4 jik6 seoi2 hang4 zau1 ,bat1 zeon3 zak1 teoi3study is like rowing upstream – if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind
学院
hok6 jyun2college; school; CL:所[suo3]
学院派
hok6 jyun2 paai3academism (art)
学员
hok6 jyun4student; officer cadet
学园
hok6 jyun4academy
学级
hok6 kap1class
学期
hok6 kei4term; CL:個|个[ge4]
学区
hok6 keoi1school district
鹤立鸡群
hok6 laap6 gai1 kwan4a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common
学力
hok6 lik6scholastic attainments
学历
hok6 lik6educational background
学龄
hok6 ling4school age
学龄儿童
hok6 ling4 ji4 tung4children who reached the age of going to schools
鹤佬人
hok6 lou2 jan4Hoklo people, southern Chinese people of Taiwan
学联
hok6 lyun4Hong Kong Federation of Students
学民思潮
hok6 man4 si1 ciu4Scholarism, a pro-democracy student activist group in Hong Kong
学问
hok6 man6learning; knowledge; scholarship
学名
hok6 meng2(noun) Binomial nomenclature
学摸
hok6 mo2variant of 踅摸[xue2 mo5]
学无止境
hok6 mou4 zi2 ging2no end to learning (idiom); There's always something new to study.
学妹
hok6 mui2junior or younger female schoolmate
学能测验
hok6 nang4 cak1 jim6Academic Aptitude Test
学额
hok6 ngaak6students quota
学艺
hok6 ngai6to learn a skill or art
学年
hok6 nin4academic year
学派
hok6 paai3school of thought
鹤山
hok6 saan1see 鶴山區|鹤山区[He4 shan1 Qu1]
鹤山区
hok6 saan1 keoi1Heshan, a district of Hebi City 鶴壁市|鹤壁市[He4 bi4 Shi4], Henan
鹤山市
hok6 saan1 si5Heshan, a county-level city in Jiangmen City 江門市|江门市[Jiang1 men2 Shi4], Guangdong
学生
hok6 saang1student
学生哥
hok6 saang1 go1a young male student; student
学生妹
hok6 saang1 mui1School girls
学生运动
hok6 saang1 wan6 dung6student movement
学生会
hok6 saang1 wui2student union
学生证
hok6 saang1 zing3student identity card
学神
hok6 san4driver with learner permit (slang)

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