Cantonese words starting with H
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看貶看贬
hon3 bin2to expect (a currency etc) to depreciate
漢堡汉堡
hon3 bou2Hamburg (German city)
漢堡包汉堡包
hon3 bou2 baau1(loanword) hamburger
漢堡扒汉堡扒
hon3 bou2 paa2a hamburger steak
漢堡王汉堡王
hon3 bou2 wong4Burger King (fast food restaurant)
漢賊不兩立汉贼不两立
hon3 caak6 bat1 loeng5 laap6lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] and Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] cannot coexist (idiom); (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"
看齊看齐
hon3 cai4to follow sb's example; (of troops etc) to dress (come into alignment for parade formation)
看出
hon3 ceot1to make out
看似
hon3 ci5to look as if; to seem
看清
hon3 cing1to see clearly
看情況看情况
hon3 cing4 fong3depending on the situation
漢朝汉朝
hon3 ciu4Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
看錯看错
hon3 co3to misinterpret what one sees or reads; to mistake (sb for sb else)
看菜吃飯看菜吃饭
hon3 coi3 hek3 faan6lit. to eat depending on the dish (idiom)
看菜吃飯，量體裁衣看菜吃饭，量体裁衣
hon3 coi3 hek3 faan6 ，loeng4 tai2 coi4 ji1lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom)
看重
hon3 cung5to regard as important; to value
漢川汉川
hon3 cyun1see 漢川市|汉川市[Han4 chuan1 Shi4]
看穿
hon3 cyun1see through (a person, scheme, trick etc)
漢川市汉川市
hon3 cyun1 si5Hanchuan, a county-level city in Xiaogan City 孝感市[Xiao4 gan3 Shi4], Hubei
看得見看得见
hon3 dak1 gin3to be able to see; can see
看得過看得过
hon3 dak1 gwo3presentable
看得過兒看得过儿
hon3 dak1 gwo3 ji4erhua variant of 看得過|看得过[kan4 de5 guo4]
看得起
hon3 dak1 hei2to show respect for
看得中
hon3 dak1 zung1to take a liking for
漢代汉代
hon3 doi6the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
看到
hon3 dou3can see
看懂
hon3 dung2to understand what one is reading or watching
看花眼
hon3 faa1 ngaan5to be dazzled
漢化汉化
hon3 faa3to sinicize; (software) Chinese localization
看法
hon3 faat3way of looking at a thing; opinion
漢服汉服
hon3 fuk6traditional Han Chinese attire (including various styles of clothing worn by the Han ethnic group before the Qing Dynasty, and in the 21st century, revived as part of a cultural movement)
看風使舵看风使舵
hon3 fung1 sai2 to4(proverb) to adapt
漢奸汉奸
hon3 gaan1traitor (to China)
漢簡汉简
hon3 gaan2bamboo slip used for record keeping during the Han Dynasty
看見看见
hon3 gin3(adverb) Initially
漢江汉江
hon3 gong1Han River
漢高祖汉高祖
hon3 gou1 zou2posthumous name of the first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 (256 or 247-195 BC), reigned 202-195 BC
漢沽汉沽
hon3 gu1Hangu former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區|滨海新区[Bin1 hai3 xin1 qu1]
漢沽區汉沽区
hon3 gu1 keoi1Hangu former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區|滨海新区[Bin1 hai3 xin1 qu1]
看顧看顾
hon3 gu3to watch over
看倌
hon3 gun1dear reader
看官
hon3 gun1(old) (used by novelists) dear readers; (used by storytellers) dear audience members
看慣看惯
hon3 gwaan3to be used to the sight of
看客
hon3 haak3audience; spectators; onlookers
漢口汉口
hon3 hau2Hankou, part of Wuhan 武漢|武汉 at the junction of Han river and Changjiang in Hubei
看起來看起来
hon3 hei2 loi4seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
看戲看戏
hon3 hei3to watch a play
漢獻帝汉献帝
hon3 hin3 dai3Emperor Xian of Han (181-234), the final Han emperor, set up by Dong Zhuo 董卓, reigned 189-220, forced to abdicate 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕
看輕看轻
hon3 hing1to belittle; to take sth lightly
看開看开
hon3 hoi1to come to accept an unpleasant fact; to cheer up
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