Cantonese words starting with H

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To fool, dupe, or deceive someone by concealing the truth.

hei1 naam4 baa3 neoi5

To oppress the people, especially by bullying men and taking liberties with women.

Hippie; a subculture of people characterized by unconventional appearance and lifestyles.

Hippie; a person associated with the counterculture of the 1960s.

Hippie; a member of the 1960s and 1970s counterculture movement.

hei1 pei4 siu3 lim5

嘻皮笑臉嘻皮笑脸

Grinning cheekily, smiling and playing mischievous, or being flippant and not taking things seriously.

hei1 pei4 siu3 lim5

嬉皮笑臉嬉皮笑脸

To grin cheekily or have a playful, unserious attitude.

To deceive, cheat, or mislead someone by hiding the truth.

hei1 ping4 sek6 ging1

熹平石經熹平石经

Xiping Stone Classics; a set of Han dynasty Confucian classics carved on steles.

To play, frolic, or sport.

To cheat or mistreat strangers, or of animals, to behave aggressively or rebelliously towards unfamiliar people.

Hezekiah, the twelfth king of Judah.

Rare; seldom seen in the world.

Greek mythology

Sacrifice, including a sacrificial animal or the abandonment of interests for a goal.

hei1 sang1 ban2

犧牲品牺牲品

A victim or sacrifice; a person who gives up their own interests for others.

hei1 sang1 daa2

犧牲打牺牲打

Sacrifice hit in sports such as baseball.

犧牲者牺牲者

A victim or casualty, or someone who sacrifices themselves.

Xishui; a county in Huanggang, Hubei Province, China.

hei1 seoi2 jyun6

浠水縣浠水县

Xishui, a county in Huanggang City, Hubei.

Heath, a surname or given name.

希斯崙希斯仑

Hezron, a biblical figure who was the son of Perez.

To dilute or thin; to add water to a liquid to lower its concentration.

Rare, scarce, or sparsely occurring.

To laugh happily; to giggle and play.

hei1 siu3 nou6 maa6

嬉笑怒罵嬉笑怒骂

To mock, scold, write, or express oneself freely and vividly through laughter, anger, and invective.

Sparse; scattered; low in density or few in number.

hei1 soeng6 mun4 haa6

欺上瞞下欺上瞒下

To deceive one's superiors and hide the truth from one's subordinates.

Lax, sloppy, or trivial.

hei1 sung1 gwat1 zat1

稀鬆骨質稀松骨质

Cancellous bone; spongy bone.

Long-peduncled alder (Alnus cremastogyne).

Stilb; a unit of luminance.

Olefin; alkene.

Rare earth metal; a collective name for chemical elements such as scandium, yttrium, and lanthanum.

hei1 tou2 gam1 suk6

稀土金屬稀土金属

Rare-earth metals; rare-earth elements.

hei1 tou2 jyun4 sou3

Rare earth element.

To plot, plan, or attempt to achieve something, often with a negative connotation.

hei1 wong4 soeng6 jan4

An untroubled, carefree person; literally a person from the idyllic times before the legendary Emperor Fuxi.

Hey yo; a casual greeting or attention-getting exclamation.

To cheat, swindle, or defraud others of their property through dishonest means.

欺詐者欺诈者

Deceiver; fraudster; cheat.

希治閣希治阁

Hitchcock; specifically referring to the English filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock.

Thin congee or watery gruel.

Happy, delighted, or joyous.

An ancient type of jade ornament worn with court dress.

Panicum miliaceum; broomcorn millet.

A type of small, long-legged spider traditionally associated with good luck.

How; what; used in rhetorical questions to mean "how can it be that".