hanker, lùan-mōⁿ; sim-lùan put-siá; lùan-lùan put-siá; sim kù-kù tõ-mōⁿ.
haphazard, thèng-tsãu-hùe; tú-tie̍h-tshái.
happen, ũ; tú-ngõ; ngõ--tie̍h; ngóu-ngõ; ngóu-hông; sek-ngõ. when did it happen? tiâng-sî-ũ? how did it happen? tsò-õi?
happily, tsãu-hùe; hẽng-tit; ũ-hẽng; tãi-hẽng; hẽng-ngõ; zû-ngũan; ha̍h-siẽⁿ.
happy, huaⁿ-hí; khùai-la̍k; khùai-ì; kùe-ì; sóng-khùai; thiàng-ì. omen, kit-tiãu. happiness, hok; hok-khì; hiáng-hok; ũ-hok; hok-chheⁿ kióng-chiè.
harass, bûa-lūi; ngia̍k-sái; khó-khek; jiáu-tõng; kan-khóu; kùe-jiáu. harassing thoughts, iu-lâu.
harbour, káng-kháu; hái-kháu. resentment, hûai-hṳ̃n m̄-siau; khieh-hṳ̃n; uàn-hṳ̃n m̄-kói. thieves, o-tsha̍t; o-tshâng.
hard, tōiⁿ; ngẽ; kien-tōiⁿ; kien-ngẽ; khiàng-khiàng-tōiⁿ. heart, ngẽ-sim; sim kien-ngẽ; thih-chie̍h sim-kuaⁿ; sim zû-thih-chie̍h; sim ngúan-ngẽ. harden iron, thih ngàn-tsúi; thih chhih-tsúi.
hardly, lím-lím; siè-siè; khat-khat; kṳ́n-kṳ́n.
hardship, kan-khóu; kan-lân; hũam-lān; bûa-lān.
hardy, tsàn-kiẽn; tsàn; kiāⁿ; kiāⁿ-tsàn; nãiⁿ-gō nãiⁿ-kûaⁿ.
hare, thòu.
harelip, khih-tshùi; phùa-tûn.
harem, imperial, keng-kìm; ãu-keng. women's apartments in general, kui-pâng; chhim-kui.
harlot, chhiang-kĩ; láu-kṳ́; khiàu-búe; hue-niêⁿ; sau-phûa; tng-chhiang. mistress of harlots, sṳ̄-thâu-phûa.
harm, hāi; hām-hāi; sieⁿ; sieⁿ-hāi; hûang-gāi. there is no harm in it, bô-hûang; bô-bī; bô-siang.
harmless, láu-si̍t; m̄-hāi-nâng; bõi-lĩ-hāi.
harmony, siang-hûa; hûa-mo̍k. connubial, hu-chhi hûa-hâi. harmonious sounds, siaⁿ-im thiâu-hûa; nâng-siaⁿ tsôi-tsôi; i̍m-ūn siang-hûa.
harmonize, kiâⁿ-hûa; khǹg-hûa.
harness, horse's, tsuang-bé kâi-ho̍k-sek; tsuang-pàng-bé kâi-mue̍h. armour, thâu-khue chièn-kah.
harp, khîm. to play, tôaⁿ-khîm; thâng-khîm.
harpoon, pie; hṳ̂-pie. to, pie-hṳ̂.