Cantonese words starting with H

8,469 entries

hek3 liu5 ding6 sam1 jyun2

吃了定心丸

To feel reassured; to have one's mind set at ease.

吃螺絲吃螺丝

To stumble over one's words or stutter when speaking, acting, or broadcasting.

hek3 loeng4 bat1 gun2 si6

吃糧不管事吃粮不管事

To take pay without doing any work.

hek3 lou4 faan6

吃牢飯吃牢饭

To serve time in prison.

To live off one's past achievements, savings, or success.

To be jealous; to feel envious towards someone.

hek3 naa4 kaat1 jiu3

To demand and accept bribes, free meals, and other favors, especially by abusing official power or obstructing processes.

To suckle; to suck breast milk from a mother or wet nurse.

hek3 naai5 dik1 hei3 lik6

吃奶的氣力吃奶的气力

One's utmost effort; every last ounce of strength.

hek3 naai5 dik1 lik6 hei3

吃奶的力氣吃奶的力气

One's utmost strength; every ounce of strength.

hek3 naai5 zi1 lik6

All of one's strength; every ounce of effort.

The draft of a ship; the depth of water a ship draws, figuratively referring to its carrying capacity.

hek3 seoi2 bat1 mong4 gwat6 zeng2 jan4

吃水不忘掘井人

When drinking water, one should not forget those who dug the well; be grateful for the source of one's benefits.

hek3 seoi2 bat1 mong4 waat3 zeng2 jan4

吃水不忘挖井人

Don't forget the well-diggers when you drink water; be grateful to those who made your success possible.

hek3 seoi2 sin3

吃水線吃水线

Draft marks; the load line painted on the hull of a ship to show the depth to which it is submerged.

To eat, feed, or peck at food (usually referring to birds or other animals).

Table manners, or the way someone looks and behaves while eating.

To be a vegetarian.

To get food poisoning or upset one's stomach by eating bad food or overeating.

hek3 wong4 loeng4

吃皇糧吃皇粮

To live off government money or be on the government payroll.

To abstain from eating meat; to eat a vegetarian or vegan diet.

hek3 zoek6 wun2 leoi5 ，ciu4 zoek6 wo1 leoi5

吃著碗裡，瞧著鍋裡吃着碗里，瞧着锅里

To greedily look at what others have while eating from one's own bowl.

hek3 zoek6 wun2 leoi5 ，hon3 zoek6 wo1 leoi5

吃著碗裡，看著鍋裡吃着碗里，看着锅里

To have a wandering eye; to be greedy and unsatisfied with what one already has.

Lightweight; light for its size or volume.

Mild; of a low degree of severity, usually referring to an illness or condition.

heng1 liu1 liu1

輕寥寥轻寥寥

Extremely light in weight; imponderable.

Feeling light and relaxed, or physically light, buoyant, and frivolous.

heng1 piu1 piu1

輕飄飄轻飘飘

Extremely lightweight, to the point of seemingly being able to float.

Shh; an exclamation used to demand silence or express disapproval.

An exclamation used to silence or drive away someone; hush or shh.

Country fair, market, or lowland surrounded by dykes.

Ruins; a place that was once inhabited but has since been abandoned and destroyed.

To snort, sigh, or gasp.

To gaze in astonishment; anxious; big; or part of a place name.

False, fake, or unreal; empty and hollow inside.

Winding, roundabout, or bending; also antiquated or out of touch.

heoi1 baa1 cou4 bai3

墟巴嘈閉墟巴嘈闭

Noisy and chaotic because of a crowd.

To make a fraudulent report, or to misreport or misrepresent information.

Function words; grammatical words with little or no lexical meaning, such as prepositions, conjunctions, particles, and adverbs.

heoi1 cing4 gaa3 ji3

虛情假意虚情假意

Hypocritical; putting on a show of false affection or concern.

To exist in name only, having no actual function or usefulness.

A marketplace or fairground.

To have a weak constitution or to lack genuine resources and strength.

heoi1 din6 lou6

虛電路虚电路

Virtual circuit; a connection-oriented network service.

Trumpet-shaped; describing an object that is flared or wider at one end.

To waste or fritter away time, typically spent without achieving anything.

heoi1 dou6 gwong1 jam1

虛度光陰虚度光阴

To waste time; to spend a long period of time doing nothing meaningful.

To shoot and miss the target with a bullet or an arrow.

Unrealistic, superficial, or not practicable.

Deficiency heat in Chinese medicine, or a short-lived trend or fad with no lasting substance.