Cantonese words starting with H

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Owl, or a trafficker.

To tangle or knot together; to twine or coil.

To cross one's arms or legs, placing one over the other.

Brave, strong, and valiant.

To skip work; to play truant from work.

To skip class or play truant.

To run away from home.

To hoot or screech like an owl.

Lucky; succeeding purely by luck or chance rather than skill or effort.

By sheer luck; luckily; by a stroke of good fortune.

Lucky; by sheer luck or fluke.

hiu1 hang6 sam1 lei5

僥倖心理侥幸心理

Trusting to luck; a mindset of relying on sheer luck or wishful thinking to avoid negative outcomes.

To fast-forward a video or audio track.

hiu1 hiu1 baan2

蹺蹺板跷跷板

Valiant, brave, and fierce.

An ambitious and powerful figure, often ruthless, domineering, or a rogue hero.

Brave and mighty; a brave and powerful person.

hiu1 jing1 mou5

鴞鸚鵡鸮鹦鹉

Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus); a species of large, flightless, nocturnal parrot native to New Zealand.

Brave, valiant, and fierce in battle.

hiu1 jung5 sin6 zin3

驍勇善戰骁勇善战

Brave and skilled in battle.

To behead a criminal and display the head publicly on a pole.

hiu1 sau2 si6 zung3

梟首示眾枭首示众

To behead someone and display their head in public.

繑絲邊繑丝边

The Chinese radical for silk (糸).

Arrogant, showy, and overbearing.

Arrogant, boastful, and looking down on others.

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囂張跋扈嚣张跋扈

Arrogant, overbearing, and despotic.

hiu1 zoeng1 hei3 jim6

囂張氣焰嚣张气焰

An overweening attitude or threatening manner; arrogance and aggressiveness.

A brave and valiant general, or a highly capable person in a particular field.

Light or the dawn.

To know; to understand; to be able to.

Xiaogang, a place located in Guangzhou, China.

hiu2 ji5 daai6 ji6

曉以大義晓以大义

To reason with someone; to make someone understand the larger principles or facts of a situation.

To inform, explain, or make someone understand.

To explain; to make clear; to notify.

Morning market.

To notify, tell, or make known to the public; to instruct.

An opening in the human body, such as the mouth, nose, or ears; a trick, knack, or key to a problem.

Knack; key technique or trick to doing something successfully.

竅門兒窍门儿

A trick, knack, or know-how for doing something effectively.

A clod of earth.

Severe, harsh, or overly demanding to an unbearable degree.

To scold, berate, or lecture someone.

To berate, scold, or shout at someone angrily.

To berate, excoriate, or chide.

To berate, scold, or denounce loudly.

To berate, scold, or reprimand severely.

To berate, scold, or reprimand.

ho1 gyun1 zaap6 seoi3

苛捐雜稅苛捐杂税

Exorbitant taxation; numerous and heavy taxes.

Harsh, severe, or overly demanding.