Cantonese words starting with H

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旱鴨子旱鸭子

hon5 aap3 zi2non-swimmer

hon5 baat6drought demon

hon5 bing1roller skating

hon5 caat3marmot

hon5 ci3pit toilet

hon5 cing4drought conditions

hon5 dei6dry land

旱金蓮旱金莲

hon5 gam1 lin4garden nasturtium

hon5 gwai3the dry season

hon5 jin1tobacco (smoked in a long-stemmed pipe)

hon5 kiu4a flyover; an overpass; an overbridge; a land bridge; a viaduct

旱澇保收旱涝保收

hon5 lou6 bou2 sau1to provide a stable crop, regardless of drought or flood

hon5 saan3(dialect) parasol

hon5 tin1dry weather; dry day; days of drought

hon5 wai6to defend; to safeguard

hon5 zoi1drought

hon6ocean; wide; expansive

hon6to weld; to fuse

hon6writing brush; pen; polite letters of correspondence; long hard feather; ability; part of a place name

hon6 baan1common name for 花斑癬|花斑癣[hua1 ban1 xuan3], tinea versicolor

hon6 cau3body odor

hon6 cing1bamboo slips, used for writing words on in the past

hon6 coeng1welding torch

hon6 fu5violent woman

hon6 gung1welder; CL:名[ming2]

hon6 hoi2Hanhai, a Protectorate-General, military outpost established in ancient China

汗血寶馬汗血宝马

hon6 hyut3 bou2 maa5Ferghana horse

hon6 jin4outrageous; flagrant

悍然不顧悍然不顾

hon6 jin4 bat1 gu3outrageous and unconventional (idiom); flying in the face of (authority, convention, public opinion etc)

hon6 jung5intrepid; valiant; dauntless

hon6 jyu4 jyu5 haa6sweating like rain (idiom); to perspire profusely

漢溪長隆站汉溪长隆站

hon6 kai1 coeng4 lung4 zaam6Hanxi Changlong Station, a metro station in Guangzhou, China

汗褂兒汗褂儿

hon6 kwaa2 ji4undershirt

hon6 lam4refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院

翰林學士翰林学士

hon6 lam4 hok6 si6members of the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院, employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards

hon6 lam4 jyun2Imperial Hanlin Academy, lasting from Tang dynasty until 1911

汗流浹背汗流浃背

hon6 lau4 zip3 bui3to sweat profusely (idiom)

汗馬功勞汗马功劳

hon6 maa5 gung1 lou4war exploits

hon6 maan6vast; power (of a river or ocean)

hon6 mou4hair; down

hon6 ngaan4to blush with shame (literary)

汗牛充棟汗牛充栋

hon6 ngau4 cung1 dung3lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books

hon6 saam1vest; shirt

hon6 seoi2sweat

hon6 si1welding wire

hon6 sin3sweat gland

hon6 suk1sweaty odor; stinking sweat

汗褟兒汗褟儿

hon6 taap3 ji4undershirt (dialect)

捍衛者捍卫者

hon6 wai6 ze2defender (usu. of sth abstract such as people's rights or a government policy)

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