Cantonese words starting with H

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To expect a currency, asset, or economy to depreciate or lose value.

Hamburger, or food items resembling or related to a hamburger.

hon3 bou2 baau1

漢堡包汉堡包

Hamburger; a round bun sliced in half with various fillings, usually including a meat patty.

漢堡扒汉堡扒

Hamburger steak; a patty made of ground beef and sometimes pork.

hon3 bou2 wong4

漢堡王汉堡王

Burger King, the multinational fast food restaurant chain.

hon3 caak6 bat1 loeng5 laap6

漢賊不兩立汉贼不两立

Gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist; the righteous and the wicked cannot tolerate each other.

To keep up with, emulate, or match the level or standard of someone or something else.

To make out, recognize, or see through something.

To look like, or to appear to be on the surface, usually implying the reality is different.

To see clearly; to fully recognize or understand a situation or person.

hon3 cing4 fong3

看情況看情况

Depending on the situation.

Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD).

To misread, misinterpret, or mistake what one sees, reads, or looks at.

hon3 coi3 hek3 faan6

看菜吃飯看菜吃饭

To act according to actual circumstances; to fit one's appetite to the dishes available.

hon3 coi3 hek3 faan6 ，loeng4 tai2 coi4 ji1

看菜吃飯，量體裁衣看菜吃饭，量体裁衣

To act according to actual circumstances; to fit one's actions to the situation.

To value highly, regard as important, or place much emphasis on.

Hanchuan; a county-level city in Hubei province, China.

To see through; to not be deceived by appearances and to know the truth.

漢川市汉川市

Hanchuan, a county-level city in Xiaogan, Hubei.

看得見看得见

To be able to see; visible.

看得過看得过

Presentable, decent, or passable.

hon3 dak1 gwo3 ji4

看得過兒看得过儿

Passable, tolerable, or pretty good.

To think highly of someone; to look up to or show respect for.

hon3 dak1 zung1

To take a liking to; to settle on or select something after looking it over.

The Han dynasty.

To see; to catch sight of or notice something.

To understand what one is reading or watching.

hon3 faa1 ngaan5

To be dazzled, blurred, or confused by a wide or busy variety of visual stimuli.

To translate into Chinese, particularly games or software.

Perspective, view, opinion, or way of looking at things.

Traditional Han Chinese clothing, especially historical styles revived as part of a modern cultural movement.

hon3 fung1 sai2 to4

看風使舵看风使舵

To adapt to circumstances; to act according to the situation or how the wind blows.

A Chinese person who is accused of betraying China; a traitor to China.

Bamboo slips used for record keeping during the Han Dynasty.

To see; to catch sight of.

Han River; Hanjiang River.

漢高祖汉高祖

Posthumous name of the first Han emperor, Liu Bang.

Hangu, a former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai New Area.

漢沽區汉沽区

Hangu, a former district of Tianjin, now part of the Binhai New Area.

To watch over, take care of, or look after someone or something.

Dear reader; reader or spectator.

Dear readers or dear audience members, used by novelists and storytellers.

To be used to the sight of; accustomed to seeing.

Spectators, onlookers, or members of an audience.

Hankou, a major district of Wuhan at the confluence of the Han and Yangtze Rivers.

看起來看起来

Seemingly, apparently, or looking as if.

To watch a play, a show, or a movie.

漢獻帝汉献帝

Emperor Xian of Han, the final emperor of the Han dynasty, who reigned from 189 to 220.

To underestimate, belittle, or look down on someone or something.

To come to accept an unpleasant fact or a bad situation, and no longer worry about it.