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荷

hé

Character

What 荷 means

1. lotus

Other readings

荷 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• hèto carry on one's shoulder or back; burden; responsibility
• HéHolland; the Netherlands (abbr. for {荷兰|Hé lán})

Example sentences

• 她教荷兰语。
  She teaches Dutch.
• 德国毗邻荷兰。
  Déguó pílín Hélán.
  Germany adjoins the Netherlands.
• 荷兰是个小国。
  The Netherlands is a small country.
• 学荷兰语不难。
  It's not difficult to learn Dutch.
• 你讲荷兰语吗？
  Do you speak Dutch?
• 他说荷兰语吗？
  Does he speak Dutch?

Words starting with 荷

• 荷兰Hé lánHolland; the Netherlands
• 荷花hé huālotus
• 荷叶hé yèlotus leaf
• 荷包hé bāoembroidered pouch for carrying loose change etc; purse; pocket (in clothing)
• 荷尔蒙hé ěr méng(loanword) hormone
• 荷塘hé tánglotus pond
• 荷包蛋hé bāo dànpoached egg; egg fried on both sides
• 荷马Hé mǎHomer, poet of ancient Greece
• 荷枪实弹hè qiāng shí dàn(idiom) armed; carrying a loaded firearm
• 荷兰语Hé lán yǔDutch (language)
• 荷官hé guāncroupier; dealer
• 荷重hè zhòngweight load; load capacity
• 荷巴特Hé bā tèHobart, capital of Tasmania, Australia
• 荷荷巴hé hé bājojoba
• 荷尼阿拉Hé ní ā lāHoniara, capital of Solomon Islands (Tw)
• 荷兰王国Hé lán wáng guóKoninkrijk der Nederlanden; Kingdom of the Netherlands
• 荷属安的列斯Hé shǔ Ān de liè sīNetherlands Antilles
• 荷属圣马丁Hé shǔ Shèng mǎ dīngSint Maarten, island country in the Caribbean
• 荷兰式拍卖Hé lán shì pāi màiDutch auction; descending-price auction
• 荷兰皇家航空Hé lán Huáng jiā Háng kōngKLM Royal Dutch Airlines
• 荷兰盾Hé lán dùnDutch gulden
• 荷兰豆hé lán dòusnow pea
• 荷泽寺Hé zé sìHeze temple in Fuzhou, Fujian
• 荷兰猪Hé lán zhūguinea pig

Words containing 荷

• 负荷fù hèload; burden; charge
• 薄荷bò hemint (plant); Taiwan pr. bò hé
• 超负荷chāo fù hèexcess load; an overload; overloaded
• 担荷dān hèto shoulder a burden
• 是荷shì hé(written) (at the end of a request in letters) I would be much obliged
• 载荷zài hèload
• 重荷zhòng hèheavy load; heavy burden
• 电荷diàn hèelectric charge
• 北荷兰Běi Hé lánNorth Holland, a province of the Netherlands
• 南荷兰Nán Hé lánSouth Holland, a province of the Netherlands
• 爱荷华Ài hé huáIowa, US state (Tw)
• 爱达荷Ài dá héIdaho, US state
• 圣荷西Shèng hé xī(Taiwan) San Jose
• 阳电荷yáng diàn hèpositive electric charge
• 电荷量diàn hè liàng(physics) charge; quantity of electric charge
• 核电荷数hé diàn hè shùelectric charge on nucleus; atomic number
• 奥克拉荷马Ào kè lā hé mǎOklahoma, US state (Tw)
• 庄荷zhuāng hécroupier; dealer
• 薄荷油bò he yóupeppermint oil
• 薄荷糖bò he tángmint (confectionery)
• 薄荷脑bò he nǎomenthol
• 香薄荷xiāng bò hesavory (herb)
• 猫薄荷māo bò hecatnip; catmint
• 玉荷包yù hé bāojade purse, a cultivar of lychee

Characters that look like 荷

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 萄táoused in 葡萄
• 莉lìused in 茉莉; used in the transliteration of female names
• 骑qíto sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
• 癸guǐtenth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; tenth in order…
• 骅huáchestnut horse
• 菏HéHe river in Shandong

Sounds the same

Read hé, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 和(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn); (math) sum; to make peace
• 河river; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way
• 合to close; to join; to fit
• 何what; how; why
• 盒small box; case
• 核pit; stone; nucleus
• 阂obstruct
• 禾(bound form) grain plant; cereal crop
• 阖door; to close; whole
• 曷why; how; when
• 劾to impeach
• 涸to dry; to dry up