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• 火藥 — huê2 iêh8: gunpowder
• 火力 — huê2 lag8: firepower, heating power; thermal power
• 火礱 — huê2 lang5: automated rice mill (device)
• 火龍果 — huê2 lêng5 guê2: dragon fruit, pitaya
• 火暝蛄 — huê2 mê5 gou1: firefly
• 火暝蟲 — huê2 mê5 tang5: firefly, lightning bug, glowworm
• 火熱 — huê2 riag8: burning hot, fiery; ardent, intimate; affectionate
• 火屎 — huê2 sai2: spark of fire, ash
• 火士令 — huê2 se6 lêng6: vaseline, petroleum jelly
• 火勢 — huê2 si3: intensity of a fire
• 火食 — huê2 sig8: kitchen
• 火燒厝 — huê2 sio1 cu3: to be on fire (of a house)
• 火山 — huê2 suan1: volcano
• 火頭軍 — huê2 tao5 gung1: army cook, canteen cook
• 伙頭 — huê2 tao5: cook, chef
• 火炭 — huê2 tuan3: charcoal, burning charcoal
• 火旺 — huê2 uang6: cactus
• 火鍋 — huê2 uê1: hot pot
• 火災 — huê2 zai1: fire (disaster), conflagration
• 火舌 — huê2 zih8: tongues of fire, flame
• 火箭 — huê2 zin3: rocket, fire arrow (historical)
• 火酒 — huê2 ziu2: alcohol; spirits (distilled liquor), rubbing alcohol
• 火水油 — huê2 zui2 iu5: kerosene, paraffin
• 火船 — huê2 zung5: steamship, steamer
• 夥 — huê2: many; numerous; a lot
• 火 — huê2: fire
• 貨幣 — huê3 bi6: money, currency
• 化糞池 — huê3 bung3 di5: septic tank
• 貨車 — huê3 cia1: truck, van, freight train
• 化解 — huê3 goi2: to resolve, to dispel, to defuse (a conflict)
• 貨架 — huê3 gê3: shelf for goods, store shelf
• 化學 — huê3 hag8: chemistry
• 貨物 — huê3 muêh8: goods, commodities, merchandise
• 化驗 — huê3 ngiam7: to run a lab test, to test (a sample)
• 歲聲 — huê3 sian1: age (of a person)
• 化身 — huê3 sing1: embodiment, avatar, personification
• 化石 — huê3 ziêh8: fossil
• 化妝品 — huê3 zuang1 bing2: cosmetics, makeup
• 化妝 — huê3 zuang1: to put on makeup, to apply makeup
• 化 — huê3: to change, to transform, to become
• 悔 — huê3: to regret, to repent
• 晦 — huê3: dark, dim, obscure
• 歲 — huê3: year(s) old (age), year
• 誨 — huê3: to teach, to instruct
• 貨 — huê3: goods, commodities, thing; stuff
• 迴紋針 — huê5 bhung5 zam1: paper clip
• 迴避 — huê5 bi7: to avoid, to evade; to dodge
• 回本 — huê5 bung2: to recoup an investment, to break even, to get back money invested
• 回答 — huê5 dab4: to answer, to reply, to respond
• 回顧 — huê5 gu3: to look back, to review, to recall
• 回歸 — huê5 gui1: to return, to regress (mathematics)
• 回敬 — huê5 gêng3: to reciprocate (a gift or compliment), to retaliate
• 回合 — huê5 hah8: round (of a game or negotiation), bout
• 迴響 — huê5 hiang2: echo; reverberation, response; reaction
• 茴香 — huê5 hiên1: fennel
• 回放 — huê5 huang3: to replay
• 回回教 — huê5 huê5 ga3: Islam (alternative name for 回教)
• 回禮 — huê5 li2: to reciprocate a gift or greeting, to give something in return
• 回收 — huê5 siu1: to recycle, to reclaim, to recall (a product)
• 和尚 — huê5 siên7: Buddhist monk, high priest; head monk
• 回溯 — huê5 suag4: to look back on, to recall, to trace back
• 回信 — huê5 sêng3: to reply (to a letter), to write back
• 蛔蟲 — huê5 tang5: roundworm; intestinal worm, (figuratively) a mind-reader
• 回話 — huê5 uê7: to reply, to answer back, to respond
• 回執 — huê5 zib4: receipt, acknowledgment note
• 回憶 — huê5 êg8: to recall, to remember, to reminisce
• 回應 — huê5 êng3: to respond, to answer
• 回 — huê5: to return, to go back, to reply
• 茴 — huê5: fennel, aniseed
• 會堂 — huê6 deng5: hall, assembly hall, meeting hall
• 匯款 — huê6 kuang2: to remit money, remittance
• 會面 — huê6 ming7: to meet, to have a meeting
• 會議 — huê6 ngi2: meeting, conference
• 會話 — huê6 uê7: conversation, dialogue
• 會戰 — huê6 ziang3: to fight a decisive battle, to join in a mass campaign
• 匯總 — huê6 zong2: to collect and summarize, to compile; pool together
• 匯 — huê6: to remit (money), to converge; gather together
• 和 — huê6: to mix (powder or grain) with water
• 會 — huê6: meeting; gathering, association; group
• 髮菜 — huêg4 cai3: hair moss (edible cyanobacterium, Nostoc flagelliforme), fat choy
• 發展 — huêg4 diêng2: to develop, to expand, to grow
• 發明 — huêg4 mêng5: to invent
• 發源地 — huêg4 nguêng5 di7: place of origin, birthplace, source
• 發源 — huêg4 nguêng5: to originate, to rise (of a river)
• 發燒 — huêg4 siê1: to have a fever, to run a temperature
• 發生 — huêg4 sên1: to happen, to occur, to take place
• 發 — huêg4: to issue, to emit, to develop
• 罰 — huêg8: to punish; to fine; to penalize, punishment; penalty
• 閥 — huêg8: valve, powerful faction; clique
• 血栓 — huêh4 cuang5: thrombus; blood clot
• 血球 — huêh4 giu5: blood cell
• 血汗 — huêh4 guan7: sweat and toil; hard work
• 血管 — huêh4 guang2: blood vessel
• 血型 — huêh4 hêng5: blood type
• 血壓計 — huêh4 iab4 goi3: sphygmomanometer; blood-pressure monitor
• 血壓 — huêh4 iab4: blood pressure
• 血脈 — huêh4 mêh8: blood vessels; blood circulation, blood lineage; blood relationship
• 血糖 — huêh4 teng5: blood sugar; glucose
• 血液 — huêh4 êg8: blood, bloodstream
• 血 — huêh4: blood
• 橫 — huên5: horizontal, crosswise, unreasonable; perverse
• 番爿錢，唐山福 — huêng1 boin5 zin5: money earned in foreign lands will gain happiness in China (a saying about overseas remittances)
• 番車 — huêng1 cia1: sewing machine
• 番鹼 — huêng1 gang2: soap
• 番瓜 — huêng1 guê1: pumpkin
• 番梨 — huêng1 lai5: pineapple
• 番人 — huêng1 nang5: foreigner
• 番儂 — huêng1 nang5: alternative form of 番人 (foreigner)
• 歡迎光臨 — huêng1 ngiêng5 guang1 lim5: welcome! (said to a customer entering a shop)
• 歡迎 — huêng1 ngiêng5: to welcome, to be happy to accept
• 翻譯 — huêng1 êg8: to translate, translator; interpreter
• 獾 — huêng1: badger
• 反轉 — huêng2 deng2: on the contrary, instead
• 反擊 — huêng2 kêg4: to counterattack, to strike back, to beat back
• 反面 — huêng2 ming7: opposite side, reverse side, back
• 反射 — huêng2 sia7: to reflect
• 反天 — huêng2 tin1: (of weather) to change, to turn (of weather)
• 反應 — huêng2 êng3: to react, to respond, reaction
• 緩 — huêng2: slow; unhurried, loose; slack
• 返 — huêng2: to return, to go back, to give back
• 幻覺 — huêng3 gag4: hallucination; illusion
• 環球 — huêng5 giu5: worldwide; global
• 環境 — huêng5 gêng2: environment; surroundings, circumstances; context
• 煩惱 — huêng5 lo2: worried, troubled, annoyed
• 煩 — huêng5: annoyed, vexed, troubled
• 痚呴抽 — hê1 gu1 tiu1: asthma
• 痚呴 — hê1 gu1: asthma
• 蝦米 — hê5 bhi2: dried, shelled small shrimp
• 蝦苗 — hê5 bhio5: small shrimp, shrimp fry
• 蝦春 — hê5 cung1: shrimp roe
• 蝦膎 — hê5 goi5: shrimp paste
• 蝦卵 — hê5 neng6: shrimp roe
• 蝦仁 — hê5 rêng5: shelled fresh shrimp
• 蝦棗 — hê5 zo2: deep-fried prawn ball/roll (a Teochew dish)
• 蝦 — hê5: shrimp; prawn; lobster
• 下 — hê6: to put (something) down; to put in, to load; to ship
• 夏朝 — hê7 ciou5: the Xia dynasty
• 夏天 — hê7 tin1: summer
• 夏威夷 — hê7 ui1 i5: Hawaii
• 夏至 — hê7 zi3: summer solstice
• 夏 — hê7: summer, Xia (dynasty/people, literary)
• 廈 — hê7: mansion; large building
• 廈 — hê7: Xiamen (short for 廈門)
• 黑暗 — hêg4 am3: dark, unlighted, (fig.) corrupt
• 黑板 — hêg4 bang2: blackboard
• 黑客 — hêg4 kêh4: hacker
• 黑龍江 — hêg4 lêng5 gang1: Heilongjiang (province in northeastern China), Amur River
• 黑名單 — hêg4 mian5 duan1: blacklist
• 黑面琵鷺 — hêg4 ming7 bi5 lu6: black-faced spoonbill
• 核酸 — hêg4 seng1: nucleic acid
• 黑社會 — hêg4 sia6 huê6: criminal underworld, triad, gang
• 核實 — hêg4 sig8: to verify, to check
• 核心 — hêg4 sim1: core, center, nucleus
• 黑心 — hêg4 sim1: black-hearted, unscrupulous, evil-intentioned
• 黑產 — hêg4 suan2: illegal/black-market industry (abbr. of 黑色產業)
• 黑色 — hêg4 sêg4: black
• 核 — hêg4: seed, pit, kernel
• 鬩 — hêg4: to quarrel
• 黑 — hêg4: black, dark
• 嚇 — hêh4: humph (expressing disapproval), wow (expressing astonishment)
• 赫 — hêh4: to be frightened, to scare
• 興起 — hêng1 ki2: to rise; to spring up, to be on the upgrade
• 興隆 — hêng1 long5: prosperous; thriving; flourishing; booming
• 欣賞 — hêng1 sion2: to appreciate, to admire, to enjoy
• 興衰糜聽舀 — hêng1 suê1 muê5 têng3 io2: to resign oneself to fate; to be reconciled to one's lot
• 興衰 — hêng1 suê1: rise and decline; rise and fall
• 胸膛 — hêng1 tang3: chest, thorax
• 胸頭 — hêng1 tao5: chest, thorax
• 胸圍 — hêng1 ui5: bust measurement, chest measurement
• 亨 — hêng1: smoothly progressing, prosperous
• 胸 — hêng1: breast, chest
• 興 — hêng1: to thrive; to prosper; flourishing, lucky; fortunate (Teochew)
• 馨 — hêng1: fragrant (literary), widespread renown, good reputation
• 興趣 — hêng3 cu3: interest (curiosity about something), interest (a hobby or subject one enjoys)
• 獻 — hêng3: rank-smelling; stench
• 興 — hêng3: interest; desire; mood (for doing something), excitement
• 刑場 — hêng5 dion5: execution ground
• 眩機 — hêng5 gi1: to get airsick; to suffer from airsickness
• 刑具 — hêng5 gu6: instrument of torture, implement of punishment
• 刑法 — hêng5 huab4: criminal law, penal code
• 刑罰 — hêng5 huag8: penalty, punishment, sentence
• 刑拘 — hêng5 ku1: to detain on criminal charges
• 行李 — hêng5 li2: luggage, baggage
• 刑事拘留 — hêng5 se7 ku1 liu5: to detain on criminal charges, criminal detention
• 刑事 — hêng5 se7: criminal, penal
• 形勢 — hêng5 si3: situation, circumstances, terrain
• 形象 — hêng5 siang6: image, appearance
• 形式 — hêng5 sêg4: form, formality
• 形態 — hêng5 tai3: form, shape, morphology
• 形狀 — hêng5 zuang6: shape, form
• 刑 — hêng5: penalty, punishment, sentence
• 型 — hêng5: type, model, style/pattern
• 形 — hêng5: form, shape, appearance
• 恆 — hêng5: lasting; constant, perseverance; to endure
• 滎 — hêng5: rivulet; small pond
• 硎 — hêng5: whetstone
• 幸存 — hêng6 cung5: to survive
• 幸福 — hêng6 hog4: happy, blessed and content, blissful
• 孕婦 — hêng6 hu6: pregnant woman, expecting mother
• 杏仁 — hêng6 ring5: apricot kernel, almond