Cantonese words starting with H
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紅磷红磷
hung4 leon4red phosphorus
紅輪红轮
hung4 leon4the sun
紅臉红脸
hung4 lim5to blush
紅臉鸕鶿红脸鸬鹚
hung4 lim5 lou4 ci4(bird species of China) red-faced cormorant (Urile urile)
紅蓮红莲
hung4 lin4red lotus
紅鈴蟲红铃虫
hung4 ling4 cung4pink bollworm
紅領綠鸚鵡红领绿鹦鹉
hung4 ling5 luk6 jing1 mou5(bird species of China) rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
紅蘿蔔红萝卜
hung4 lo4 baak6carrot
洪亮
hung4 loeng6loud and clear; resonant
洪亮吉
hung4 loeng6 gat1Hong Liangji (1746-1809), poet and historian
洪爐洪炉
hung4 lou4great furnace (metaphor for a place where character is forged)
洪澇洪涝
hung4 lou6flood; flooding
雄鹿
hung4 luk6Milwaukee Bucks (NBA team)
紅綠燈红绿灯
hung4 luk6 dang1traffic light
雄馬雄马
hung4 maa5male horse
紅馬甲红马甲
hung4 maa5 gaap3red waistcoat
紅瑪瑙红玛瑙
hung4 maa5 nou5cornelian
熊貓熊猫
hung4 maau1(slang) someone who has a big and dark eye bags because of lacking of sleep
雄貓雄猫
hung4 maau1male cat, usually 公貓|公猫[gong1 mao1]
熊貓眼熊猫眼
hung4 maau1 ngaan5to have dark circles under one's eyes
紅米红米
hung4 mai5Red Rice
紅眉松雀红眉松雀
hung4 mei4 cung4 zoek3(bird species of China) crimson-browed finch (Carpodacus subhimachalus)
紅黴素红霉素
hung4 mei4 sou3(pharmacology) erythromycin
紅眉朱雀红眉朱雀
hung4 mei4 zyu1 zoek3(bird species of China) Chinese beautiful rosefinch (Carpodacus davidianus)
紅尾伯勞红尾伯劳
hung4 mei5 baak3 lou4(bird species of China) brown shrike (Lanius cristatus)
紅尾鶇红尾鸫
hung4 mei5 dung1(bird species of China) Naumann's thrush (Turdus naumanni)
紅尾歌鴝红尾歌鸲
hung4 mei5 go1 keoi4(bird species of China) rufous-tailed robin (Larvivora sibilans)
紅尾鸏红尾鹲
hung4 mei5 mung4(bird species of China) red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)
紅尾水鴝红尾水鸲
hung4 mei5 seoi2 keoi4(bird species of China) plumbeous water redstart (Phoenicurus fuliginosus)
紅面關公红面关公
hung4 min6 gwaan1 gung1Red-faced Guan Gong; someone with a red face
紅魔鬼红魔鬼
hung4 mo1 gwai2Red Devils, nickname of Manchester United Football Club
虹膜
hung4 mok2iris (of an eye)
紅毛红毛
hung4 mou4a foreigner
鴻毛鸿毛
hung4 mou4a goose feather -- something very light or insignificant
紅毛丹红毛丹
hung4 mou4 daan1rambutan or rumbutan (tropical fruit) (Nephelium lappaceum)
紅毛墳場红毛坟场
hung4 mou4 fan4 coeng4the Hong Kong Cemetery, formerly known as the Hong Kong Colonial Cemetery as it was formerly a Christian cemetery for foreigners
紅毛鬼红毛鬼
hung4 mou4 gwai2westerners [colloquial]
紅毛泥红毛泥
hung4 mou4 nai4(noun) cement
紅毛猩猩红毛猩猩
hung4 mou4 sing1 sing1Orangutans
鴻毛泰岱鸿毛泰岱
hung4 mou4 taai3 doi6light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another
鴻毛泰山鸿毛泰山
hung4 mou4 taai3 saan1lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom)
洪武
hung4 mou5Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1] (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, temple name 明太祖[Ming2 Tai4 zu3]
紅莓红莓
hung4 mui2Cranberries
紅梅花雀红梅花雀
hung4 mui4 faa1 zoek3(bird species of China) red avadavat (Amandava amandava)
紅木红木
hung4 muk6red wood; rosewood
洪門洪门
hung4 mun4see 天地會|天地会[Tian1 di4 hui4]
鴻門宴鸿门宴
hung4 mun4 jin3Hongmen feast; refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3]
洪門五祖洪门五祖
hung4 mun4 ng5 zou2the legendary founders of the original secret society from which the modern day triad societies were derived from [colloquial]
洪門子弟洪门子弟
hung4 mun4 zi2 dai6triad brothers [colloquial]
紅男綠女红男绿女
hung4 naam4 luk6 neoi5young people decked out in gorgeous clothes (idiom)
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