Cantonese Dictionary

害臊

hoi6 sou3

Mandarin: hai4 sao4

to be bashful; to feel ashamed; [粵] 怕醜

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害處

hoi6 cyu3

Mandarin: hai4 chu5

Simplified: 害处

(noun) Disadvantage

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害蟲

hoi6 cung4

Mandarin: hai4 chong2

injurious insect; pest

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寒

hon4

Mandarin: han2

cold | poor | to tremble | a surname | to put in cold storage | to ignore | humble, used as a modest term | # adapted from cc-cedict

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寒亭區

hon4 ting4 keoi1

Mandarin: han2 ting2 qu1

Hanting (area in Shandong)

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寒假

hon4 gaa3

Mandarin: han2 jia4

winter holiday / vacation

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寒冬

hon4 dung1

Mandarin: han2 dong1

wintry

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寒冬臘月

hon4 dung1 laap6 jyut6

Mandarin: han2 dong1 la4 yue4

Simplified: 寒冬腊月

the coldest month in winter

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寒冷

hon4 laang5

Mandarin: han2 leng3

[1] cold (climate), [2] frigid, very cold | [粵]: 涷, 冷

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寒冷期

hon4 laang5 kei4

Mandarin: han2 leng3 qi1 (PRC), han2 leng3 qi2 (Taiwan)

cold spell

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寒削

hon4 soek3

Mandarin: han2 xue1

Cold and not good for stomach

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寒塵

hon4 can4

Mandarin: han2 chen2

Simplified: 寒尘

it means one's clothes are broken, damaged, that one is not presentable

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寒夜

hon4 je6

Mandarin: han2ye4

cold night [written and colloquial]

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寒山寺

hon4 saan1 zi6

Mandarin: han2 shan1 si4

Hanshan Temple, located in Suzhou, China

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寒帶

hon4 daai3

Mandarin: han2 dai4

the arctic circle; a frigid zone; polar climate

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寒帶草原

hon4 daai3 cou2 jyun4

Mandarin: han2 dai4 cao3 yuan2

the tundra

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寒底

hon4 dai2

Mandarin: han2 di3

physique with cold hands and feet

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寒戰

hon4 zin3

Mandarin: han2 zhan4

a chill

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寒暄

hon4 hyun1

Mandarin: han2 xuan1

exchange conventional greetings; exchange pleasantries/amenities/compliments

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寒暑表

hon4 syu2 biu2

thermometer, temperature gauge | Synon.: 溫度計

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寒暑表

hon4 syu2 biu1

Mandarin: han2 shu3 biao3

a thermometer

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寒期

hon4 kei4

Mandarin: han2 qi1 (PRC), han2 qi2 (Taiwan)

winter; wintertime

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寒武紀

hon4 mou5 gei2

Mandarin: han2 wu3 ji4

Cambrian period [Geology] (the first period of the Phanerozoic eon)

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寒氣

hon4 hei3

Mandarin: han2 qi4

cold air

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寒流

hon4 lau4

cold current

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寒涼

hon4 loeng4

Mandarin: han2 liang2

Simplified: 寒凉

adj; Chinese medicinal term; refer to things which are cold and unhealthy for one's body

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寒磣

hon4 cam2

shabby

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寒窗苦讀

hon4 coeng1 fu2 duk6

Mandarin: han2 chuang1 ku3 du2

the hardships that a student must endure; the life of a student

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寒背

hon4 bui3

Mandarin: han2 bei4

Kyphosis

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寒舍

hon4 se3

Mandarin: han2 she4

my humble abode; my home

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