Cantonese words starting with H
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孔丘
hung2 jau1Confucius
孔融
hung2 jung4Kong Rong (153-208), poet of the Three Kingdoms period
孔融讓梨孔融让梨
hung2 jung4 joeng6 lei4Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kong3 Rong2] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty
孔乙己
hung2 jyut3 gei2Kong Yiji, protagonist of a short story of the same name by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4] depicting the life of a poor, unsuccessful scholar who clings to his Confucian ideals despite his dismal circumstances
孔穴
hung2 jyut6aperture; cavity
孔隙
hung2 kwik1pore (geology)
恐曠症恐旷症
hung2 kwong3 zing3agoraphobia
孔林
hung2 lam4the Confucius family mausoleum at Qufu 曲阜, rebuilt and extended by every dynasty
恐龍恐龙
hung2 lung4dinosaur (CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1])
恐龍類恐龙类
hung2 lung4 leoi6dinosaurs
恐龍妹恐龙妹
hung2 lung4 mui1ugly girl (slang)
恐龍總目恐龙总目
hung2 lung4 zung2 muk6Dinosauria, superorder within class Sauropsida containing dinosaurs and birds
孔孟
hung2 maang6Confucius and Mencius
孔孟之道
hung2 maang6 zi1 dou6the teaching of Confucius and Mencius
孔明
hung2 ming4courtesy name of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4]
孔明燈孔明灯
hung2 ming4 dang1noun; Kong Ming lantern or sky lantern
孔廟孔庙
hung2 miu2Confucian temple
孔武
hung2 mou5(literary) valorous
孔武有力
hung2 mou5 jau5 lik6courageous and strong (idiom)
孔門孔门
hung2 mun4Confucius' school (i.e. his direct disciples)
孔眼
hung2 ngaan5hole (e.g. of sieve or colander)
恐鳥恐鸟
hung2 niu5monstrous bird
恐怕
hung2 paa3fear; I'm afraid that...; maybe
恐水病
hung2 seoi2 beng6rabies
恐水症
hung2 seoi2 zing3rabies
孔斯貝格孔斯贝格
hung2 si1 bui3 gaak3Kongsberg (city in Norway)
孔聖人孔圣人
hung2 sing3 jan4the Sage Confucius
孔尚任
hung2 soeng6 jam6Kong Shangren (1648-1718), Qing dramatist and poet, author of The Peach Blossom Fan 桃花扇[Tao2 hua1 Shan4]
恐同
hung2 tung4to be homophobic
恐同症
hung2 tung4 zing3homophobia
孔穎達孔颖达
hung2 wing6 daat6Kong Yingda (574-648), Confucian scholar
孔子
hung2 zi2Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
孔子家語孔子家语
hung2 zi2 gaa1 jyu5The School Sayings of Confucius, a supplement to the Analects
孔子學院孔子学院
hung2 zi2 hok6 jyun2Confucius Institute, organization established internationally by the PRC, promoting Chinese language and culture
孔雀女
hung2 zoek2 neoi2(Internet slang) spoiled city girl from a rich family
孔雀
hung2 zoek3peafowl; peacock
孔雀河
hung2 zoek3 ho4Peacock River in Xinjiang
孔雀開屏孔雀开屏
hung2 zoek3 hoi1 ping4peacocks fanning their feathers; peacock flaunting its tail
孔雀石
hung2 zoek3 sek6Malachite
孔雀石綠孔雀石绿
hung2 zoek3 sek6 luk6Malachite Green
孔雀王朝
hung2 zoek3 wong4 ciu4Maurya Dynasty of India (322-185 BC)
孔雀座
hung2 zoek3 zo6Pavo (constellation)
倥傯倥偬
hung2 zung2pressing; poverty-stricken
哄
hung3(verb) Coax
控
hung3to control; to charge; to invert a container to empty it; enthusiast; -phile or –philia
訌讧
hung3strife; rioting
控辯控辩
hung3 bin6the prosecution and the defense (law)
控辯交易控辩交易
hung3 bin6 gaau1 jik6plea bargaining
控辯協議控辩协议
hung3 bin6 hip3 ji5plea bargain (law)
控件
hung3 gin2(computing) a control (e.g. button, text box etc)
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