Cantonese Dictionary

號

hou6

Mandarin: hao4

Simplified: 号

number; date (of month)

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號令

hou6 ling6

an order; a command

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號叫

hou6 giu3

Mandarin: hao2 jiao4

Simplified: 号叫

to howl; to shout

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號叫

hou4 giu3

Mandarin: hao2 jiao4

to shout; to howl

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號召

hou6 ziu6

to summon; to appeal

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號召力

hou6 ziu6 lik6

Mandarin: hao4 zhao4 li4

appeal; appealingess; charm

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號哭

hou4 huk1

to wail

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號外

hou6 ngoi6

extra of a newspaper

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號數

hou6 sou3

number

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號碼

hou6 maa5

Mandarin: hao4 ma3

number

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號筒

hou6 tung4

a bugle

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號角

hou6 gok3

bugle; bugle call; horn

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號誌

hou6 zi3

a semaphore signal (in computing)

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虹

hung4

Mandarin: hong2

rainbow

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虹彩異色症

hung4 coi2 ji6 sik1 zing3

Mandarin: hong2 cai3 yi4 se4 zheng4

heterochromia, a condition where each of one's eyes is a different color (one brown, and one blue)

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虹膜

hung4 mok6*2

iris (the colored part of the eye)

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虹鱒魚

hung4 zyun6*1 jyu4*2

Mandarin: hong2 zun1 yu2

rainbow trout (fish)

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蚵

hou4

Mandarin: ke4

variant of 蠔

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蚵仔

ho4 zai2

Mandarin: he2 zai3

oyster

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蚵仔煎

ho4 zai2 zin1

oyster omelettes

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蚵仔麵線

ho4 zai2 min6 sin3

Mandarin: he2 zai3 mian4 xian4

oyster vermicelli (noodle soup popular in Taiwan and Xiamen)

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蚶

ham1

Mandarin: han1

ark clam

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蛤

haa4

Mandarin: ha2

toad | # adapted from cc-cedict

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蛤蟆夯

haa4 maa4 haang1

Mandarin: ha2 ma5 hang1

power-driven rammer or tamper; pile driver

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蜆

hin2

Mandarin: xian3

Simplified: 蚬

a type of bivalves | freshwater clam | Corbicula fluminea | # adapted from cc-cedict

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蜆塘

hin2 tong4

Mandarin: xian3 tang2

Simplified: 蚬塘

a reservoir for clam farming

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蜆殼

hin2 hok3

Mandarin: xian3 qiao4

Simplified: 蚬壳

Shell (brand of gas and fuel)

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蜆殼字

hin2 hok3 zi6

Mandarin: xian3 qiao4 zi4

Simplified: 蚬壳字

adversative; antonyms

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蜆殼粉

hin2 hok3 fan2

Mandarin: xian3 qiao4 fen3

Simplified: 蚬壳粉

Conchiglie, a type of pasta

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蜆肉秋海棠

hin2 juk6 cau1 hoi2 tong4

perpetual begonia (Begonia semperflorens, lit., "clam meat begonia")

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