Cantonese words starting with H

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后悔莫及
hau6 fui3 mok6 kap6too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
候风地动仪
hau6 fung1 dei6 dung6 ji4the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 張衡|张衡[Zhang1 Heng2] in 132
后加
hau6 gaa1postposition (grammar)
候驾
hau6 gaa3to await (your) gracious presence
后甲板
hau6 gaap3 baan2afterdeck
hau6 gaau3Waiting for instructions
后继乏人
hau6 gai3 fat6 jan4see 後繼無人|后继无人[hou4 ji4 wu2 ren2]
后继有人
hau6 gai3 jau5 jan4(idiom) to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
后继无人
hau6 gai3 mou4 jan4to have no qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
后金
hau6 gam1Later Jin dynasty (from 1616-)
后感
hau6 gam2afterthought; a review (of a movie etc)
后感觉
hau6 gam2 gok3after-sensation
候机楼
hau6 gei1 lau4airport terminal
候机室
hau6 gei1 sat1departure lounge
候机厅
hau6 gei1 teng1airport lounge
后记
hau6 gei3epilogue
后颈
hau6 geng2nape
后见之明
hau6 gin3 zi1 ming4hindsight
后劲
hau6 ging6latter half, the endurance and lastingness of energy; stamina; after effect; ...
后脚
hau6 goek3noun; the rear foot, normally, it describes one person after another one; (im...
后盖
hau6 goi3back cover
后顾之忧
hau6 gu3 zi1 jau1fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of ...
后宫
hau6 gung1harem
后果
hau6 gwo2outcome; results
后果堪虞
hau6 gwo2 ham1 jyu4worrying consequences [written and colloquial]
后效
hau6 haau6after-effect
后起之秀
hau6 hei2 zi1 sau3(idiom) an up-and-coming youngster; new talent; a brilliant younger generation
后海湾
hau6 hoi2 waan1Deep Bay, a bay in Hong Kong
后学
hau6 hok6junior scholar or pupil in imperial China
后汉
hau6 hon3Later Han or Eastern Han dynasty (25-220)
后汉书
hau6 hon3 syu1History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[E...
后空翻
hau6 hung1 faan1backward somersault
hau6 jam6-elect; (i.e. elected or appointed but not yet installed)
后任
hau6 jam6successor; (attributive) future; subsequent
后人
hau6 jan4later generation
后日
hau6 jat6(noun) in future
后裔
hau6 jeoi6descendant
后儿
hau6 ji4the day after tomorrow
后掩蔽
hau6 jim2 bai3backward masking
后验概率
hau6 jim6 koi3 leot2posterior probability (statistics)
后燕
hau6 jin1Later Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-409)
后现代主义
hau6 jin6 doi6 zyu2 ji6postmodernism
后影
hau6 jing2rear view; view of the back (of a person or object)
后腰
hau6 jiu1lower back
后摇
hau6 jiu4post-rock (music genre)
后摇滚
hau6 jiu4 gwan2post-rock (music genre)
鲎鱼
hau6 jyu2horseshoe crab
后院
hau6 jyun2rear court; backyard (also fig.)
后院起火
hau6 jyun2 hei2 fo2a conflict arises close to home (idiom)
后园
hau6 jyun4backyard

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