Cantonese words starting with H

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Sinology; the study of Chinese history, language, and culture, or the Han Learning movement of the Qing dynasty.

漢學家汉学家

Sinologist; a scholar who specializes in the study of Chinese language, history, and culture.

To take a look at or survey.

To have an optimistic outlook or be bullish on a situation or prospect.

Hanyin County in Shaanxi Province, China.

hon3 jam1 jyun6

漢陰縣汉阴县

Hanyin, a county in Ankang City, Shaanxi province, China.

Han Chinese people.

hon3 jan4 haa6 coi3 dip6 ji4

看人下菜碟兒看人下菜碟儿

To treat someone according to their social status or relationship.

hon3 jan4 hang4 si6

To treat people according to their rank or one's relationship with them.

To have a look; to take a quick look.

Chinese-English

hon3 jing1 wu6 jik6

漢英互譯汉英互译

Two-way translation between Chinese and English.

hon3 jit6 naau6

看熱鬧看热闹

To enjoy watching a bustling scene or a public spectacle; to look on as a curious bystander.

Hanyang, a district in Wuhan, Hubei province.

hon3 joeng4 keoi1

漢陽區汉阳区

Hanyang, a district of Wuhan City in Hubei province.

hon3 joeng6 zi2

看樣子看样子

It seems; to all appearances; looking at the situation.

The Chinese language, encompassing all its varieties; sometimes used specifically to mean Mandarin.

hon3 jyu5 daai6 ci4 din2

漢語大詞典汉语大词典

Hanyu Da Cidian, a major, comprehensive Chinese dictionary.

hon3 jyu5 daai6 zi6 din2

漢語大字典汉语大字典

Hanyu Da Zidian, a comprehensive Chinese character dictionary first published between 1986 and 1990.

hon3 jyu5 jyu5 faat3

漢語語法汉语语法

Chinese grammar.

hon3 jyu5 ping3 jam1

漢語拼音汉语拼音

Hanyu Pinyin; the standard romanization system for Mandarin Chinese.

hon3 jyu5 seoi2 ping4 haau2 si5

漢語水平考試汉语水平考试

HSK; the standardized Chinese Proficiency Test.

Hanyuan, a county in Ya'an, Sichuan province.

hon3 jyun4 dai3

漢元帝汉元帝

Emperor Yuan of Han, the eleventh emperor of the Western Han dynasty, who reigned from 48 to 33 BC.

hon3 jyun4 jyun6

漢源縣汉源县

Hanyuan, a county in Ya'an City, Sichuan Province, China.

To watch a ball game, or a warning to watch out for an incoming ball.

Seemingly, apparently, or it looks like.

The Chinese written language; Classical Chinese or Chinese literature.

漢文帝汉文帝

Emperor Wen of Han, the fourth emperor of the Han dynasty.

hon3 man4 dai3 lau4 hang4

漢文帝劉恆汉文帝刘恒

Liu Heng, the Emperor Wen of the Han dynasty.

漢民族汉民族

Han ethnic group; the Han Chinese people.

hon3 mat6 ji5 deon6

漢密爾頓汉密尔顿

Hamilton, a common transliterated name.

hon3 ming4 dai3

漢明帝汉明帝

Emperor Ming of Han, an emperor of the Eastern Han dynasty who reigned from 58 to 75 AD.

To visit; to pay a visit to someone to show care or respect.

漢武帝汉武帝

Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141–87 BC).

hon3 mut6 ngai6 co1

漢末魏初汉末魏初

The late Han and early Wei periods, roughly the first half of the 3rd century AD.

hon3 naa4 saan1

漢拿山汉拿山

Hallasan Mountain (Mount Halla), the highest mountain in South Korea.

Hannan, a district in Wuhan, Hubei province.

hon3 naam4 keoi1

漢南區汉南区

Hannan, a district of Wuhan City, Hubei.

漢尼拔汉尼拔

Hannibal, the historical Carthaginian general or a common given name.

To gape at; to stare in rapture or wonderment.

漢諾威汉诺威

To see through; to comprehend and no longer care about worldly concerns.

hon3 po3 hung4 can4

看破紅塵看破红尘

To see through the illusions of the material world; to become disillusioned with human society.

hon3 saat3 tung4 mang4

漢薩同盟汉萨同盟

Hanseatic League; a commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Northwestern and Central Europe.

Hansen or Hanson, a Western name.

Hanshou County in Changde, Hunan Province, China.

hon3 sau6 jyun6

漢壽縣汉寿县

Hanshou, a county in Changde City, Hunan.

hon3 sei3 gwan6

漢四郡汉四郡

Four Han commanderies established in the northern Korean Peninsula.