Cantonese words starting with H

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ham2 dak6 baak3 leoi4 gu3 si6 zaap6

坎特伯雷故事集

The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories by Geoffrey Chaucer.

Machete; a broad, heavy knife used for cutting or chopping.

To chop off, cut off, or sever with a blow.

To cut down or fell trees using tools such as saws or axes.

To bargain or drive down a price.

A sleeveless jacket or vest, typically made of cotton.

坎肩兒坎肩儿

Sleeveless jacket or vest.

Just now; a moment ago.

Camphene, a bicyclic monoterpene hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C10H16.

A critical juncture, key moment, or a hurdle that is difficult to get through.

坎兒井坎儿井

Karez or qanat; an underground irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia, and the Middle East.

Dissatisfied or lacking happiness.

Camphane; a bicyclic monoterpene chemical compound.

To bump into, crash into, or bang into something.

ham2 pui4 laai1

Canberra, the capital city of Australia.

To hack and kill, or to attack with a bladed weapon.

To chop, hack, or slash someone to death.

Cannes, France.

To wound, cut, or gash with a blade or hatchet.

To chop down a tree or trees.

ham2 taap3 bou3 lei5 aa3

坎塔布里亞坎塔布里亚

Cantabria, a Spanish autonomous region with its capital at Santander.

ham2 tau2 maai4 coeng4

坎頭埋牆坎头埋墙

To bang one's head against a wall; to do something out of desperation or extreme frustration.

To behead or decapitate.

ham2 tau4 bat1 gwo3 fung1 ceoi1 mou2

砍頭不過風吹帽砍头不过风吹帽

To view decapitation as trivial, as if it were just the wind blowing off one's hat.

ham2 tau4 maai4 coeng4

扻頭埋牆扻头埋墙

To bang one's head against a wall to vent frustration, anger, or despair.

Camphor (C10H16O).

An area of raised ground; a ridge.

Cliff, crag, or steep bank.

To look down from a high position.

Used in the names of places near coasts, ports, or cliffs.

坎貝爾坎贝尔

Campbell (name).

ham3 bui3 ji5 zyu1 jyu4 cong1 syu2

坎貝爾侏儒倉鼠坎贝尔侏儒仓鼠

Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli).

To investigate, survey, or prospect.

To reconnoiter or examine on the spot; to conduct a field survey, usually regarding geography, terrain, or minerals.

ham3 caat3 gaa1

Kamchatka, a peninsula and administrative region in the Russian Far East.

ham3 caat3 gaa1 bun3 dou2

勘察加半島勘察加半岛

Kamchatka Peninsula in far-eastern Russia.

To survey, prospect, or investigate terrain and natural resources.

ham3 daai6 haa1

Kandahar, a city in southern Afghanistan.

ham3 daai6 haa1 saang2

Kandahar province of Afghanistan.

ham3 dak1 laai1

Candela, the SI base unit of luminous intensity.

ham3 dak6 baak3 leoi4

Canterbury, a historic cathedral city in Kent, England.

Kanting township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.

ham3 ding2 hoeng1

崁頂鄉崁顶乡

Kanting Township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.

To demarcate, survey, or determine boundaries.

Boundary survey; to survey and define a border.

Cancún, a city in Mexico.

To investigate, survey, or inspect a scene.

To overlook, look down at, or tower over a place from a high position.

To overlook; to look down from a high place.

To correct errata or printing errors.