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贺

hè

HSK 4 Character Traditional 賀

What 贺 means

1. to congratulate

Other readings

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

• Hèsurname He

Example sentences

• 祝贺你
  Zhùhè nǐ
  Congratulations!
• 祝贺！
  Congratulations!
• 祝贺你。
  Congratulations!
• 我为你的订婚祝贺。
  Wǒ wèi nǐ de dìnghūn zhùhè.
  I congratulate you on your engagement.
• 贺都非常喜欢运动。
  Kazu likes sports very much.
• 让我来第一个祝贺。
  May I be the first to offer my congratulations.

Words starting with 贺

• 贺卡hè kǎgreeting card; congratulation card
• 贺龙Hè LóngHe Long (1896-1969), important communist military leader, died from persecution during…
• 贺岁hè suìto extend New Year's greetings; to pay a New Year's visit
• 贺信hè xìncongratulatory letter or message
• 贺子珍Hè Zǐ zhēnHe Zizhen (1910-1984), Mao Zedong's third wife
• 贺喜hè xǐto congratulate
• 贺礼hè lǐcongratulatory gift
• 贺函hè hánletter of congratulations; greeting card (e.g. for New Year)
• 贺客hè kèguest (to a wedding etc)
• 贺朝Hè CháoHe Chao (active c. 711), Tang dynasty poet
• 贺正hè zhēngto exchange compliments on New Year's Day
• 贺县Hè xiànHe county in Guangxi
• 贺词hè címessage of congratulation
• 贺电hè diàncongratulatory telegram
• 贺州市Hè zhōu ShìHezhou, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 广西壮族自治区
• 贺年卡hè nián kǎNew Year greeting card
• 贺年片hè nián piànNew Year's card
• 贺拉斯Hè lā sīHorace, full Latin name Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-8 BC), Roman poet
• 贺普丁Hè pǔ dīngChinese brand name of Lamivudine 拉米夫定
• 贺尔蒙hè ěr méng(loanword) hormone
• 贺知章Hè Zhī zhāngHe Zhizhang (659-744), Tang dynasty poet
• 贺兰山Hè lán ShānHelan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia
• 贺兰县Hè lán XiànHelan, a county in Yinchuan City 银川市
• 贺兰山脉Hè lán Shān màiHelan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia

Words containing 贺

• 祝贺zhù hèto congratulate; congratulations
• 庆贺qìng hèto congratulate; to celebrate
• 敬贺jìng hèto offer one's congratulations (formal)
• 李贺Lǐ HèLi He (790-816), Tang poet
• 滋贺Zī hèShiga (prefecture in Japan)
• 致贺zhì hèto congratulate
• 道贺dào hèto congratulate
• 祝贺词zhù hè cícongratulatory speech
• 可喜可贺kě xǐ kě hèworthy of celebration; gratifying; Congratulations!
• 奉申贺敬fèng shēn hè jìngpolite congratulations (i.e. on a greeting card)
• 生日贺卡shēng rì hè kǎbirthday card
• 横须贺Héng xū hèYokosuka (port and navy base in the Tokyo bay)
• 横须贺市Héng xū hè shìYokosuka city and US naval base to the west of Yokohama, Japan
• 志贺氏菌病zhì hè shì jūn bìngshigellosis; bacillary dysentery
• 恭贺gōng hèto congratulate respectfully; to express good wishes
• 燕雀相贺yàn què xiàng hèlit. sparrow and swallow's congratulation (idiom); fig. to congratulate sb on completion…
• 恭贺新禧gōng hè xīn xǐHappy New Year

Characters that look like 贺

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

• 育yùto have children; to raise or bring up; to educate
• 贸màocommerce; trade
• 贫pínpoor; inadequate; deficient
• 赁lìnto rent
• 贾gǔmerchant; to buy
• 宵xiāonight

Sounds the same

Read hè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 鹤crane
• 赫awe-inspiring; abbr. for 赫兹
• 喝to shout
• 褐brown; gray or dark color; coarse hemp cloth
• 壑gully; ravine; Taiwan pr. huò
• 荷to carry on one's shoulder or back; burden; responsibility
• 吓to scare; to intimidate; to threaten
• 和to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence…
• 暍hot
• 嗃scold with severity
• 垎(literary) (of soil) dry and hard; (used in place names)
• 焃fiery; bright