Chinese words starting with “he”

52 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable he. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 7 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.

Initial h · final e · hear the four tones and see example characters →

1st tone 3
2nd tone 43
4th tone 6

Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.

Common words with this syllable

合作hé zuòHSK 3
to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together; cooperation
和平hé píngHSK 3
peace; peaceful
合同hé tongHSK 4
(business) contract
合理hé lǐHSK 3
rational; reasonable; sensible; fair
合适hé shìHSK 2
suitable; fitting; appropriate
合法hé fǎHSK 3
lawful; legitimate; legal
合格hé géHSK 3
to meet the standard required; qualified; eligible (voter etc)

All 52 words

#	Word	Pinyin	POS	Meaning
1	和	hé	cc,p,v,qv,g,n	(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [hàn]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese
2	喝	hē	g,vn	to drink; variant of 嗬
3	合	hé	v	to close; to join; to fit; to be equal to; whole; together; round (in battle); conjunction (astronomy); 1st note of pentatonic scale; old variant of 盒
4	河	hé	n	river
5	盒	hé	g,q	small box; case
6	核	hé	n,g	pit; stone; nucleus; nuclear; to examine; to check; to verify
7	核心	hé xīn	n	core; nucleus
8	和谐	hé xié	a,an,ad	harmonious; harmony; (euphemism) to censor
9	合约	hé yuē	n	treaty; contract
10	合并	hé bìng	v,vn	to merge; to annex
11	何时	hé shí	r	when
12	呵	hē	y,e,v	expel breath; my goodness
13	盒子	hé zi	n	box; case
14	合成	hé chéng	vn,v	to compose; to constitute; compound; synthesis; mixture; synthetic
15	何必	hé bì	d,r	there is no need; why should
16	何况	hé kuàng	c,d	let alone; to say nothing of; besides; what's more
17	何处	hé chù	r	whence; where
18	和尚	hé shang	n	Buddhist monk
19	核武器	hé wǔ qì	n	nuclear weapon
20	和解	hé jiě	v,vn	to settle (a dispute out of court); to reconcile; settlement; conciliation; to become reconciled
21	河流	hé liú	n	river
22	核实	hé shí	v,vn	to verify; to check
23	合影	hé yǐng	n,v	to take a joint photo; group photo
24	合伙	hé huǒ	v,vn	to act jointly; to form a partnership
25	喝彩	hè cǎi	v,vn	to acclaim; to cheer
26	核桃	hé tao	n	walnut
27	合唱	hé chàng	vn,v	chorus; to chorus
28	核对	hé duì	v,vn	to check; to verify; to audit; to examine
29	呵护	hē hù	v,vn	to bless; to cherish; to take good care of; to conserve
30	贺卡	hè kǎ	n	greeting card; congratulation card
31	和睦	hé mù	a,an,ad	peaceful relations; harmonious
32	合乎	hé hū	v	to accord with; to conform to
33	合计	hé jì	v	to add up the total; to figure what sth amounts to; to consider
34	核能	hé néng	n	nuclear energy
35	核电站	hé diàn zhàn	n	nuclear power plant
36	和蔼	hé ǎi	a	kindly; nice; amiable
37	合身	hé shēn	a	well-fitting (of clothes)
38	河畔	hé pàn	n	riverside; river plain
39	和气	hé qi	a,ad,an	friendly; polite; amiable
40	合情合理	hé qíng hé lǐ	l	reasonable and fair (idiom)
41	和平共处	hé píng gòng chǔ	v	peaceful coexistence of nations, societies etc
42	合资	hé zī	vn,v	joint venture
43	何苦	hé kǔ	d	why bother?; is it worth the trouble?
44	盒饭	hé fàn	n	meal in a partitioned box
45	合算	hé suàn	a	worthwhile; to be a good deal; to be a bargain; to reckon up; to calculate
46	合作社	hé zuò shè	n	cooperative; workers' or agricultural producers' cooperative etc
47	赫然	hè rán	z	with astonishment; with a shock; awe-inspiringly; impressively; furiously (angry)
48	鹤立鸡群	hè lì jī qún	v	a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common; manifestly superior
49	荷花	hé huā	n	lotus
50	贺电	hè diàn	n	congratulatory telegram

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