Cantonese words starting with H

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hau6empress; sovereign; ruler
hau6back; rear; after; descendants; a surname; after next
hau6to meet unexpectedly; to run into
hau6surname Hou
后备
hau6 bei6reserve; backup
后备军
hau6 bei6 gwan1rearguard
后鼻音
hau6 bei6 jam1velar nasal
后备箱
hau6 bei6 soeng1trunk
后壁
hau6 bik1Houbi, a district in Tainan 台南|台南[Tai2 nan2], Taiwan
后边
hau6 bin1the back; the rear; the last bit; later; afterwards
后边儿
hau6 bin1 ji4erhua variant of 後邊|后边[hou4 bian5]
便后便
hau6 bin6(adverb ; noun) back; (adjective) in the rear; behind
候补
hau6 bou2to wait to fill a vacancy; alternate
候补名单
hau6 bou2 ming4 daan1waiting list
后部
hau6 bou6back section
后背
hau6 bui3the back (human anatomy)
后辈
hau6 bui3younger generation
后半
hau6 bun3latter half
后半部
hau6 bun3 bou6latter half
后半场
hau6 bun3 coeng4second half (of sporting competition)
后半叶
hau6 bun3 jip6latter half (of a decade, century etc)
候诊
hau6 can2waiting to see a doctor
后诊
hau6 can2postoperative examination
候诊室
hau6 can2 sat1waiting room (at clinic, hospital)
后尘
hau6 can4lit. trailing dust; course in life
候车室
hau6 ce1 sat1waiting room (for train, bus etc)
候车亭
hau6 ce1 ting4bus shelter
后车之鉴
hau6 ce1 zi1 gaam3lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an over...
后车轴
hau6 ce1 zuk6back axle (of car)
后秦
hau6 ceon4Later Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-417)
后翅
hau6 ci3back wing (of insect)
后撤
hau6 cit3to pull back (an army)
后底
hau6 dai2behind (spoken)
后底爷
hau6 dai2 je4stepfather
后底乸
hau6 dai2 naa2stepmother
后底婆
hau6 dai2 po2second wife
后灯
hau6 dang1taillight
后代
hau6 doi6descendant; progeny
后挡板
hau6 dong2 baan2backboard
后段
hau6 dyun6final part; back end; the following section
后花园
hau6 faa1 jyun2noun; backyard; rear garden
后翻筋斗
hau6 faan1 gan1 dau2backward somersault
后发座
hau6 faat3 zo6Coma Berenices (constellation)
hau6 fei1imperial wives and concubines
后方
hau6 fong1the rear
后付
hau6 fu6payment made afterwards
后父
hau6 fu6stepfather
后附
hau6 fu6attachment; addendum
后悔
hau6 fui3to regret; to feel remorse
后悔不迭
hau6 fui3 bat1 dit6too late for regrets

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