Cantonese words starting with H

8,469 entries

hon6 zeon1 zeon1

Sweaty; damp with perspiration.

Perspiration stain; sweat stain.

To weld or solder; to melt and join two pieces of metal together.

Beads of sweat; drops of perspiration.

Beads of sweat.

To correct, put straight, or assist.

Wealthy, well-off, or comfortable.

Kuang, a river in Guangdong, China.

Eye socket; the cavity of the skull that contains the eye.

A vessel or basket made from woven bamboo.

Dry, spongy, or mealy; lacking smoothness or firmness due to a lack of moisture.

A cavity or hollow space inside the body of an animal.

To mislead, deceive, or cheat.

Khampa, a subgroup of the Tibetan people.

hong1 baa1 dei6 keoi1

康巴地區康巴地区

The former Tibetan province of Kham, now split between the Tibet Autonomous Region and Sichuan province.

hong1 baa1 zong6 keoi1

康巴藏區康巴藏区

The former Kham province of Tibet, now split between Tibet and Sichuan.

hong1 baai3 jan1

Combine harvester

hong1 baak6 dou6

Comprador; a merchant or agent in a foreign agency or company.

Chaff; husks of grain.

Kangbao, a county in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China.

hong1 bou2 jyun6

康保縣康保县

Kangbao, a county in Zhangjiakou, Hebei.

Pityriasis; a group of skin diseases characterized by fine, flaky, bran-like scales.

hong1 coeng4 dung6 mat6

腔腸動物腔肠动物

Coelenterate; a type of aquatic invertebrate such as a jellyfish or coral.

Furfural; a chemical compound derived from agricultural byproducts.

Immanuel Kant, German philosopher.

Kangding, a county-level city in Sichuan, China.

Tone of voice, or a regional accent.

Concord, a place name.

To earnestly support, assist, or prop up, especially a regime, state, or ruler.

hong1 fu4 se5 zik1

To assist and support the ruler in governing and stabilizing the country.

To save, restore, or revive a failing nation or political regime.

To recover from illness and restore one's health, or to rehabilitate.

Konka, a Chinese electronics brand.

To save, rescue, or deliver someone from danger or distress.

hong1 gik1 jyu2

腔棘魚腔棘鱼

Coelacanth; a rare order of deep-sea fish.

Healthy; in good health.

hong1 gwong2 jan4

康廣仁康广仁

Kang Guangren (1867–1898), a Qing dynasty reformer and younger brother of Kang Youwei.

A rectangular box, trunk, or chest used for storing things.

hong1 haap6 zung1 mat6

筐篋中物筐箧中物

A commonplace thing; something that is easily found or readily available in one's possession.

Kuang Heng, a Chinese scholar and prime minister of the Western Han dynasty.

Kangxi, the reign title of the second emperor of the Qing dynasty.

hong1 hei1 bou6 sau2

Kangxi radicals, the system of 214 radicals used to index Chinese characters.

hong1 hei1 zi6 din2

The Kangxi Dictionary, containing over forty-seven thousand single-character entries.

hong1 hong1 long1 long1

The onomatopoeic sound of crashing, clanging, or clattering.

hong1 hong1 mou5

Cancan; the high-kicking stage dance.

hong1 jau5 wai4

康有為康有为

Kang Youwei, a Confucian intellectual, educator, and reformer who led the failed Reform Movement of 1898.

hong1 jau5 wai4

康有爲康有为

Kang Youwei, a prominent Chinese scholar and reformer of the late Qing dynasty.

Dry ear; an ear that does not produce wet or oily earwax.

Kang County, a county in Longnan, Gansu Province.