Cantonese Dictionary

荷蘭鴨

ho4 laan4*1 aap3*2

Cantonese

Holland Duck (a pun on 好𨶙得)

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荷載

ho6 zoi3

Mandarin: he4 zai4

Simplified: 荷载

load; the amount of weight that is pressing down (on something)

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荷里活

ho4 lei5 wut6

Mandarin: he2 li3 huo2

Hollywood

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莖

hang4

Mandarin: jing1

Simplified: 茎

stalk | stem M: 条tiáo [条] | # adapted from cc-cedict

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菏

ho4

Mandarin: He2

He river in Shandong | part of a place name | # adapted from cc-cedict

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菡萏

haam5 daam6

Mandarin: han4 dan4

lotus flower

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萱

hyun1

Mandarin: xuan1

orange day-lily (Hemerocallis flava) | mother | mother's residence | a symbol of reflief from sorrow | # adapted from cc-cedict

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蒿

hou1

Mandarin: hao1

celery wormwood (Artemisia carvifolia) | to give off | to weed | to worry | to pull out | to pull up | crown daisy | # adapted from cc-cedict

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虛

heoi1

Mandarin: xu1

Simplified: 虚

emptiness | void | abstract theory or guiding principles | empty or unoccupied | diffident or timid | false | humble or modest | (of health) weak | virtual | in vain | worthless | nominal | hollow | the sky | the empyrean | vulnerable | to reserve space | based on imagination rather than reality | # adapted from cc-cedict

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虛假

heoi1 gaa2

Mandarin: xu1 jia3

Simplified: 虚假

fake

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虛偽

heoi1 ngai6

Mandarin: xu1 wei3

false; artificial; hypocritical | [粵]: also 裝假狗

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虛幻

heoi1 waan6

Mandarin: xv1 huan4

illusory, unreal

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虛底

heoi1 dai2

Mandarin: xu1 di3

Simplified: 虚底

fake backup; in poor health

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虛度

heoi1 dou6

Mandarin: xu1 du4

[v] waste time; idle away; drift aimlessly through

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虛弱

heoi1 joek6

Mandarin: xu1 ruo4

in poor health; weak | [粵]: 虛 (heoi1), 虧 (kwai1)

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虛心

heoi1 sam1

Mandarin: xu1 xin1

modest

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虛擬

heoi1 ji5

Mandarin: xu1 ni3

fictitious; invented; supposedly; [computing] virtual

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虛有其表

heoi1 jau5 kei4 biu2

Mandarin: xu1 you3 qi2 biao3

all appearance but no substance; more apparent than real; all that glitters is not gold

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虛榮

heoi1 wing4

Mandarin: xu1 rong2

vanity

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虛構

heoi1 kau3

Mandarin: xu1 gou4

Simplified: 虚构

to frabicate

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虛構資本

heoi1 kau3 zi1 bun2

Mandarin: xu1 gou4 zi1 ben3

fictitious capital

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虛歲

heoi1 seoi3

Mandarin: xu1 sui4

traditional Asian method of calculating a person's age, which holds that a baby is one year old at birth / as opposed to 足歲 see also 實歲

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虛汗

heoi1 hon6

Mandarin: xu1 han4

abnormal sweating due to general debility

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虛浮

heoi1 fau4

Mandarin: xu1 fu2

Simplified: 虚浮

emptied; lack of sunstance

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虛無

heoi1 mou4

Mandarin: xu1 wu2

nothingness

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虛缺號

heoi1 kyut3 hou6

Mandarin: xu1 que1 hao4

Chinese blank character □ (used to represent an unreadable character)

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虛耗

heoi1 hou3

Mandarin: xu1 hao4

to consume without reason; to waste

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虛脫

heoi1 tyut3

collapse; prostration; exhaustion

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虛設

heoi1 cit3

Mandarin: xu1 she4

Simplified: 虚设

Something that is nominal and exist in name only; something that is there to act as a dummy only

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虛驚一場

heoi1 ging1 jat1 ceong4

Mandarin: xu1 jing1 yi1 chang3

a false alarm

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