Cantonese words starting with H

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Why not; might as well; used to suggest or encourage someone to do something.

Why bother; not worth the trouble of making oneself suffer.

A casino dealer.

Croupier; a casino employee who deals cards, shuffles, and handles chips.

To censor, screen, block, or "harmonize" online content.

An estuary or river mouth where a river flows into a lake or the sea.

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何去何從何去何从

To decide on which path to take, especially when facing a major decision.

何鴻燊何鸿燊

Stanley Ho, a prominent Hong Kong and Macau business and casino tycoon.

Who; what person.

Why; how is it that; how come.

ho4 ji5 gin3 dak1

何以見得何以见得

What makes you think so? or How can you tell?; a question asking someone for their reasoning.

荷爾蒙荷尔蒙

Hormone; a chemical substance produced in an organism that stimulates specific cells or tissues into action.

Lotus leaf, often used in Chinese cooking to wrap food.

荷葉飯荷叶饭

Steamed rice wrapped in a lotus leaf.

Heyuan, a prefecture-level city in northeastern Guangdong province, China.

How; what; how incredibly.

A bend or meander in a river.

The Netherlands, a country in northwestern Europe with Amsterdam as its capital.

荷蘭豆荷兰豆

Snow pea or mangetout; a type of edible green pea eaten with its flat pod.

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荷蘭航空公司荷兰航空公司

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands.

荷蘭文荷兰文

The Dutch language.

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荷蘭牛荷兰牛

Holstein cattle; Dutch cow.

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荷蘭水荷兰水

An old-fashioned, dated term for soft drinks, especially carbonated ones.

ho4 laan1 seoi2 goi3

荷蘭水蓋荷兰水盖

A metal soda bottle cap, or a humorous slang term for a medal or order of merit.

荷蘭薯荷兰薯

荷蘭話荷兰话

Dutch language; the language spoken in the Netherlands.

Hollywood; the American film industry or the district in Los Angeles.

Hollywood; a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, known as the center of the US film industry.

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Hollywood Road, a street located in Central, Hong Kong.

Ho Leung, a horse trainer in Hong Kong.

How can there be; where does it come from; used to deny or question how something could possibly happen.

ho4 lok6 ji4 bat1 wai4

何樂而不為何乐而不为

Why not do it? (used as a rhetorical question when something is beneficial and there is no reason not to do it)

Hippopotamus; hippo.

Ho Man Tin, an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong, located southeast of Mong Kok and north of Hung Hom.

Henan province, or the Haizhu District in southern Guangzhou.

Hanoi, the capital, industrial, and cultural center of Vietnam.

Rivers and mountains, representing a country's land, territory, or scenery.

何首烏何首乌

Tuber fleeceflower (Polygonum multiflorum); a plant commonly used as a herb in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

No need to; why bother; there is no necessity to do something.

When; at what time.

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何時何地何时何地

When and where; at what time and in what place.

Freshwater food; edible animals caught from rivers.

Used in a rhetorical question to express denial or a negative assertion.

An embankment or dyke along a river to prevent flooding.

Lotus pond; a pond where lotus flowers are grown.

A meander or meander loop; a river bend and its surrounding basin.

To ask the meaning of a concept or a name, often used in rhetorical questions to express indignation or contempt.