Cantonese words starting with H
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後悔莫及后悔莫及
hau6 fui3 mok6 kap6too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
候風地動儀候风地动仪
hau6 fung1 dei6 dung6 ji4the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 張衡|张衡[Zhang1 Heng2] in 132
後加后加
hau6 gaa1postposition (grammar)
候駕候驾
hau6 gaa3to await (your) gracious presence
後甲板后甲板
hau6 gaap3 baan2afterdeck
候教
hau6 gaau3Waiting for instructions
後繼乏人后继乏人
hau6 gai3 fat6 jan4see 後繼無人|后继无人[hou4 ji4 wu2 ren2]
後繼有人后继有人
hau6 gai3 jau5 jan4(idiom) to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
後繼無人后继无人
hau6 gai3 mou4 jan4to have no qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
後金后金
hau6 gam1Later Jin dynasty (from 1616-)
後感后感
hau6 gam2afterthought; a review (of a movie etc)
後感覺后感觉
hau6 gam2 gok3after-sensation
候機樓候机楼
hau6 gei1 lau4airport terminal
候機室候机室
hau6 gei1 sat1departure lounge
候機廳候机厅
hau6 gei1 teng1airport lounge
後記后记
hau6 gei3epilogue
後頸后颈
hau6 geng2nape
後見之明后见之明
hau6 gin3 zi1 ming4hindsight
後勁后劲
hau6 ging6latter half, the endurance and lastingness of energy; stamina; after effect; ...
後腳后脚
hau6 goek3noun; the rear foot, normally, it describes one person after another one; (im...
後蓋后盖
hau6 goi3back cover
後顧之憂后顾之忧
hau6 gu3 zi1 jau1fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of ...
後宮后宫
hau6 gung1harem
後果后果
hau6 gwo2outcome; results
後果堪虞后果堪虞
hau6 gwo2 ham1 jyu4worrying consequences [written and colloquial]
後效后效
hau6 haau6after-effect
後起之秀后起之秀
hau6 hei2 zi1 sau3(idiom) an up-and-coming youngster; new talent; a brilliant younger generation
后海灣后海湾
hau6 hoi2 waan1Deep Bay, a bay in Hong Kong
後學后学
hau6 hok6junior scholar or pupil in imperial China
後漢后汉
hau6 hon3Later Han or Eastern Han dynasty (25-220)
後漢書后汉书
hau6 hon3 syu1History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[E...
後空翻后空翻
hau6 hung1 faan1backward somersault
候任
hau6 jam6-elect; (i.e. elected or appointed but not yet installed)
後任后任
hau6 jam6successor; (attributive) future; subsequent
後人后人
hau6 jan4later generation
後日后日
hau6 jat6(noun) in future
後裔后裔
hau6 jeoi6descendant
後兒后儿
hau6 ji4the day after tomorrow
後掩蔽后掩蔽
hau6 jim2 bai3backward masking
後驗概率后验概率
hau6 jim6 koi3 leot2posterior probability (statistics)
後燕后燕
hau6 jin1Later Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-409)
後現代主義后现代主义
hau6 jin6 doi6 zyu2 ji6postmodernism
後影后影
hau6 jing2rear view; view of the back (of a person or object)
後腰后腰
hau6 jiu1lower back
後搖后摇
hau6 jiu4post-rock (music genre)
後搖滾后摇滚
hau6 jiu4 gwan2post-rock (music genre)
鱟魚鲎鱼
hau6 jyu2horseshoe crab
後院后院
hau6 jyun2rear court; backyard (also fig.)
後院起火后院起火
hau6 jyun2 hei2 fo2a conflict arises close to home (idiom)
後園后园
hau6 jyun4backyard
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