| Chinese | hold |
| Jyutping | hou1 |
| Verb | hold |
| Perfective | hold 咗 |
| Experiential | hold 過 |
| Progressive | hold 緊 |
| Durative | hold 住 |
| Delimitative | hold 吓 |
| Habitual | hold 開 |
| Inchoative | hold 起上嚟 |
| Continuative | hold 落去 |
| Verb | hou1 |
| Perfective | hou1 zo2 |
| Experiential | hou1 gwo3 |
| Progressive | hou1 gan2 |
| Durative | hou1 zyu6 |
| Delimitative | hou1 haa5 |
| Habitual | hou1 hoi1 |
| Inchoative | hou1 hei2-soeng5-lai4 |
| Continuative | hou1 lok6-heoi3 |