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[粵] hou2 | [國] hao3 [1] [adj] good; fine; nice | [ant] 壞 [2] [adv] very; quite; fairly | [syn] 很 [3] [adj] good to (do); pleasing (to one's senses) [4] [adj] friendly; kind; amicable [5] [adj] healthy; in good shape/condition [6] [adj] ready; done; finished [7] [interjection] well; all right; okay [粵] hou3 | [國] hao4 [1] [v] like; love; be fond of [2] [v] be liable to; be likely to Default PoS:  Additional PoS:   Stroke count: 6
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Radical: 女 (#38)
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好笑
hou2 siu3 = be funny
好呀
hou2 aa3 = OK, fine 粵
你好
nei5 hou2 = hello; hi; how are you; greetings
好多
hou2 do1 = a lot; much; many 粵
好好
hou2 hou2 = very good; very well
美好
mei5 hou2 = OK; fine; beautiful
多好
do1 hou2 = very good
好人
hou2 jan4 = good person
你好嗎
nei5 hou2 maa3 = How are you?
好日
hou2 jat6*2 = auspicious day; wedding day; good days 粵See all 315 compounds (CantoDict reports 327 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 265 examples containing 好
阻住你溫書啊，真係唔好意思 粵
Sorry for interrupting your studies! [Lit. block you revise [particle], really sorry. Standard Chinese:打擾你溫習，真不好意思]
你千祈唔好插手 粵
You must not, by any means, interfere. [Lit. you 1000-exhortations don't insert-hand [i.e. put it where it doesn't belong.]]
唔好擒咁高。 粵
Don't climb so high. [http://cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,126448,126464#msg-126464]
綠茶對你好有益㗎！ 粵 ?!
Green tea is very good (healthy) for you! [the audio actually mispronounced as 綿荼 (which either doesn't exist or really rare)]
我行路行到雙腳好攰。 粵
I walked until my legs were tired. [We have to repeat the verb 行 because the object 路 and the extent particle 到 are both there in the sentence.]
玫瑰花好多簕。 粵
Roses are full of thorns. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,135492,135495#msg-135495]
返學可以識到好多同學仔。 粵
Going to school can get to know a lot of classmates. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131529,131533#msg-131533]
點先可以學好廣東話呢？ 粵
How actually can I learn Cantonese well? [點先 is the abbreviated form of 點樣先至。 先至 means ‘really; actually’ here, often used with 呢 at the end of a sentence for emphasis. See this thread for details: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,111468,111471#msg-1114]
唔好買呢啲有防腐劑嘅食物！ 粵
Don't buy food with preservatives! [Lit. Don't buy these have preservatives (of) food]
我見到呢度有一間唔係好大嘅警崗 粵
I can see a police box that's not very big here. [Lit. I see-arrive here have one [counter] is-not very big [possessive particle] police box. You CANNOT say 唔大 or 唔好大 instead of 唔係好大, although it may sound like either one if a speaker is talking very quickly. 唔大 should be 細.]
嗰啲蟬嘅聲音， 我覺得好好聽㗎！ 粵
I love the sound of those cicadas [nearby]! [This is an example of topicalisation: the topic of the sentence, 嗰啲蟬嘅聲音, is placed at the front.]
蟬嘅聲音， 我覺得好好聽㗎！ 粵
I love the sound cicadas [in general] make. [Note that because we haven't specified any particular cicadas, we're talking about cicadas in general. (Use 呢啲 or 嗰啲 otherwise.)]
我覺得蟬嘅聲音好好聽㗎！ 粵
I love the sound cicadas make! [Lit. I feel cicada [possessive particle] sound very good-sound [particle]!]
我覺得呢啲蟬嘅聲音好好聽㗎！ 粵
I love the sound these cicadas are making! [Lit. I feel these cicadas [possessive particle] sound very good-listen [particle].]
呢隻草蜢，我覺得佢嘅聲音好好聽㗎！ 粵
I love the sound this grasshopper makes! [Lit. This [counter] grasshopper, I feel his sound very good-listen [particle].]
呢隻草蜢，我好鐘意佢嘅聲音㗎！ 粵
I love the sound this grasshopper makes! [Lit. This [counter] grasshopper, I very like his sound [particle]. Note that 㗎 can be used interchangeably with 囉 here.]
有好多頂頭盔畀你揀 粵
There are lots of helmets for you to choose. [Lit. have many [counter] helmets give you choose. Note: the counter is optional. 有好多頭盔畀你揀 is okay too.]
佢戴住一頂頭盔，但係唔係好型 粵
He's wearing a helmet but it doesn't look too good on him. [Lit. He wear-continue one [counter] helmet, however not-very stylish.]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，有啲地方幾好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday... some parts were okay. [Lit. I yesterday see-already [counter] film, have place (note: this is a figurative use of place) quite good watch.]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，有少少好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday... it wasn't very good. [Lit. I yesterday see-already film, have little-bit good-watch]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，有啲啲好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday... it wasn't very good. [I yesterday see-already [counter] film, have little-little good-watch]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，有一啲好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday... it was average. [I yesterday see-already one film, have little-bit good watch.]
睇你嘅樣，真係好似好攰噉喎 粵
Seeing your face, you must be really tired. [Lit. see your face, really seem very tired [particles]]
我對呢一點好有自信 粵
I have a lot of self-confidence about it. [Lit. I toward this one point very self-confident.]
今次嘅案件真係好棘手 粵
The case I'm working on is very thorny. [Lit. This time [possessive particle] case really very problematic.]
呢一首好聽過你嗰隻好多呀 粵
This song is much nicer to listen to than yours! [Lit. This one [counter for songs] good-listen surpass yours [particle] lots]
你近排做嘅嘢，我哋好滿意 粵
We're satisfied with the work you've done recently. [Lit. You recently do [particle] things, we [meaningless word] satisfied. Here, 好 has no particular meaning, and just serves to introduce the adjective afterwards.]
我Ｄ字好難睇咩？ 粵
Are my (Chinese) characters that hard to read? [Lit. Me [plural counter] characters very hard read [particle]? D=啲 and is commonly used in Hong Kong.]
噴泉前面有一隻好靚嘅黑色貓 粵
There's a beautiful cat in front of the fountain. [Lit. fountain front-face have one [counter] beautiful [possessive particle] black-colour cat.]
噴泉側邊有一隻好靚嘅白色狗仔 粵
There's a beautiful white puppy beside the fountain. [Lit. fountain side have one [counter] beautiful [possessive particle] white-colour dog-child]
唔好摸啲白鴿啦，佢哋非常之揦鮓 粵
Don't touch the pigeons, they're very dirty. [Lit. don't touch [plural counter] pigeons [particle], they extremely dirty Other synonyms for 揦鮓: 污糟 and 污糟邋遢 ]
你哋呢，係咪有好多男朋友㗎 粵
You must be popular with the boys! [Lit. you [plural] [clause delimiter], is-or-is-it-not have many boyfriend [particle]]
香港先進過中國好多 粵
Hong Kong is much more advanced than China. [Lit. Hong Kong advance surpass China a lot (n.b. this is only intended to illustrate Cantonese comparatives and is not necessarily accurate!)]
我哋要環保，所以唔好嘥電同水 粵
We need to protect the environment, so don't waste water and electricity. [You can interpolate a 咁多 with the added meaning of "so much" in between the verb and object. 我哋要環保，所以唔好嘥咁多電同水]
唔好嘈住我啦，唔知有幾多嘢做 粵 ?!
Don't disturb me, I'm up to my eyes in work. [Lit. don't disturb me, don't know how-much work [to] do.]
呢啲珍珠好韌㗎 粵
These bubbles are very chewy! [Lit. this [plural counter] pearl very chewy [particle] Note: 珍珠/bubbles refers to 珍珠奶茶, bubble milk tea. The "bubbles" are black spheres a few mm in diameter. ]
呢杯鮮奶有好多鈣質 粵
There's a lot of calcium in this glass of milk. [Lit. this glass milk have many calcium]
我同佢散咗好耐喇 粵
I split up with her a long time ago. [[literal] I with her have-separated very long already]
我覺得普通話嘅兒化好惡聽 粵
I think that erhua in Mandarin sounds horrible. [Lit. I feel Putonghua [possessive particle] erhua very terrible-listen]
啲湯熱得滯！唔好飲住。 粵 ?!
The soup's too hot! Don't drink it yet. [Lit. [plural counter] soup hot too-much. Don't eat [extensional-aspect particle] him.]
條褲好似長噉啲。 粵
The trousers look like somewhat too long. [噉 means 'to some level/degree' in this sentence.]
佢嘅躉好揦大 粵
Her ass is damn huge! [Lit. Her ass very [mild expletive] big http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,135805,135810#msg-135810]
唔好駁嘴﹐咁冇禮貌。 粵
Don't answer back; it's not polite. [parsing: 唔好 don't | 駁嘴 answer back | 咁 so | 冇 im- | 禮貌 polite ]
我近排好忙﹐冇時間照顧仔女。 粵
I'm too busy these days to have time to take care of my children. [The English phrase "too busy to have time" becomes "too busy and have no time" in Cantonese.]
呢部機器好容易操作。 粵
It's easy to operate this machine. [Whilst the English version needs a dummy subject "it", the Chinese version needs no subject with "this machine" functioning as a topic of the sentence.]
你唔好咁惡屎能登啦！ 粵
Don't be so mean! [The sound recording and the written sentence don't match. The recorder mispronounces 惡 (ok3) as ok6, 屎 (si2) as sei2, and 啦 (laa1) as aa1.]
哪裡，我的漢語不太好。 國
No, my Chinese isn't that good. [Usage of 哪裡's definition [2], for example to reply to a compliment such as 「你的漢語很好。」]
佢唔單只問得好溜，講話重開口夾著脷添 粵
Not only does he asks peculiar questions, he says things that causes embarassment.
基本上間屋布置好咗，剩番啲頭頭尾尾啫 粵
The house is basically well-decorated. What remains to be done are just some odds and ends.
表面上關係好好，但內裡其實係咪真嘅噉？ 粵
The relationship is cordial on the surface, but is it really so (deep down inside)?
我哋幾個夾手夾腳，好快就做完份報告書 粵
We will be able to complete the report very soon with everyone's help and cooperation.
雖然只係上台分享下自己嘅經歷，但唔知點解好自然會覺得怯場。 粵
Although merely sharing my experiences on stage, I do not know why I would naturally get stage fright.
好彩得到你細心查核，搵到問題嘅所在 粵
Fortunately due to your careful checks, we are able to find where the problem lies.
我想學好講嘢先。當我講得好嘅時候，就會開始學寫。而家，我只係想留到最後先至學寫。 粵
I want to learn to speak first . When I can speak well, then I'll learn to write. For now, I just want to leave the writing until last. [copied from [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,91899,91899#msg-91899]this thread.[/url]]
我以為有個攝影師做男朋友，佢一定會幫我影好多靚相，殊不知佢一張相都冇幫我影過。 粵
I had the idea that by having a photographer as boyfriend, I would have many of my pictures taken. Little did I know that none of the photographs were of me.
女仔小心啲唔好輕信男人講嘢就OK嘞 粵
Girls will be all right as long as they are careful and don't believe in what the guys say.
豈但年青人愛好運動，就連上了年紀的人也積極鍛煉身體。
Not only are the young keen in sports, even the elderly are enthusiastic about physical training.
小小心意你咪受落啲禮物囉唔好抰嚟抰去 粵
It is a small token of appreciation, just accept the simple gift instead of pushing it back and forth.
人哋啱啱學廣東話，發音唔準，你就唔好嘥人啦。 粵
Her pronunciation is a bit off as she has started learning Cantonese not long ago. You shouldn't tease her. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,135838,135838#msg-135838]
佢嘅穿著好有品味。 粵
(s)He has a good taste in clothes. [Literally: His/Her (way of) wearing (clothes) really has taste [in other words: "is very tasteful"]. instead of "佢嘅穿著", you may also say "佢嘅衣著/佢著衫".]
好快脆就有得食。 粵
Food will be ready soon. [Lit.] very soon, (food will be done and) available to be eaten.
佢份人好善忘架。 粵
(S)He is very forgetful. [Although 份人 may be omitted, it can emphasize the sentence is talking about "personality". ]
唔好偷𥊙人哋沖涼，如果唔係會生眼挑針！ 粵 ?!
Don't spy on people when they are showering, otherwise you'll get a stye! [There is an old wives' tale linking styes to spying on people when they are bathing.]
如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …
我幾個月前見到有一盞又好光又非常之高嘅街燈喺草地上面 粵
I saw a bright and really tall streetlight on the grass a few months ago. [Lit. I several months before see-arrive have one [counter] and bright and very tall [possessive particle] streetlight located grass-floor on.]
如果你真係有興趣學好廣東話嘅話，你就一定要聽多啲香港台 粵
If you want to learn Cantonese, you must listen to more Hong Kong radio. [Lit. If you really have interest study-well Cantonese [conditional delimiter], you then must listen more Hong Kong channel.]
佢哋好興奮噉放緊紙鳶 粵
They're excitedly flying kites. [Note that 好開心噉 is considerably more common than 好興奮噉. (開心 is used in more situations in Cantonese than the translation "happy".)]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，但係一啲都唔好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday, and boy did it suck. [Lit. I yesterday see-already [counter] film, however one little bit also not good-watch.]
唔使幾耐，你就可以睇到一出精彩嘅好戲 粵
In due course, you'll see a spectacular display. [Lit. in good time, you then can see-arrive one [counter] brilliant [possessive particle] play. 不消多久=唔使幾耐]
唔好摸啲老鼠啦，佢哋污糟邋遢 粵
Don't touch the rats, they're extremely dirty. [You could also add in a 好 in this case (i.e. 佢哋好污糟邋遢) with no real difference in meaning.]
佢不可一世，佢份人真係好大鼻 粵
He thinks he's the best in the world... he's really arrogant. [second half: he personality really arrogant.]
急就唔係好急，不過要快 粵
It's not too urgent but I still need it fast [Lit. busy then not too busy, however fast do! 有〝你即刻做出嚟〞嘅意思。]
唔好意思，要你親自出馬 粵
Sorry to make you come and personally deal with this. [Lit. sorry, need you personally come-out horse]
你要掉咗啲垃圾, 間辦公室好亂 粵
Can you bin the junk that's lying around? The office is a mess. [Lit. you need throw-away [particle used in imperatives] [plural particle] rubbish, [counter] office very messy Other words you could use instead of 好亂: 好亂龍, 亂晒, 亂晒龍, or 亂晒大龍]
我啱啱睇嗰套卡通好似好𠵇𠺫，唔知發生咩事 粵
The anime I was watching just now seemed strange, I'm not quite sure what was going on. [Lit. I just-now see that [counter] anime seem very strange, not-know happen what-matter]
突然間食咁多芒果，我覺得佢好𠺫𠵇 粵
I think he's very strange, suddenly eating all those mangoes like that. [Lit. suddenly eat so many mangoes, I think he very strange.]
真係令人好懷念，一個世紀之後你又返嚟啦 粵
We've really missed you while you've been gone the last 100 years. [Lit. really make-people very miss-you, one century afterwards again return come [particle] This is being said to someone who's lived several hundred years (specifically Greed from Full Metal Alchemist).]
琴晚佢飲到好醉，跟住鹹鹹濕濕噉搓我女朋友對波。 粵
Last night he got really drunk and then lecherously fondled my girlfriend's breasts. [Further discussion: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,84284,111096#msg-111096]
我隻腳有三粒蚊𧕴，好有可能係因為我前日去公園。 粵
There are three bites on my leg... it's probably because I was in the park the day before yesterday. [Lit. I [counter] leg have three mosquito-bites, very probable is because I day-before-yesterday go park]
其實我好想同佢掟煲，但係因為次次同佢講呢件事佢都喊得好慘，所以到而家我都唔敢同佢講分手 粵
Actually I really want to break up with her, but I daren't suggest it. Every time I mention it, she bursts into tears. [Lit. actually I very want with her break-up, however because time-time with her also speak this [counter] matter she cry manner very pitiful, therefore arrive now I not dare with her speak split hand.]
聽日講嗰啲嘢你準備好未? 粵
Have you finished preparing the stuff you're talking about tomorrow? [As this sentence consists of a long relative clause 聽日講嗰啲嘢, a topic-comment construction like the above is preferred to a subject-verb-object construction like 你準備好聽日講嗰啲嘢未. ]
香港嘅財富分配好唔均勻。 粵
Hong Kong has a very unequal distribution of wealth. [There is no verb in this Cantonese sentence.]
好處多到講唔晒。 粵
The advantages are too numerous to mention. [Cantonese verbs and adjectives are often followed by various types of particle. Here, 到、唔 and 晒 are extent, potential and quantifying particles respectively. ]
佢哋開緊會﹐好快就會決定數千員工嘅命運。 粵
They are holding a meeting which would soon decide the fate of thousands of employees. [The second part of this sentence is a relative clause. The Cantonese clause differs from the English one by omitting the relative pronoun "which". ]
佢經常遲到﹐ 搞到老闆好唔高興。 粵
He is always late, which makes his boss very upset. [Cantonese grammar does not need a relative pronoun (which) to introduce a subordinate clause.]
呢隻藥醫得翻好個病人。 粵
This medicine is able to cure the patient. [The verb 醫 is followed by three particles: 得, 翻, 好. 得 is potential particle; 翻 is resumptive marker; 好 is resultative particle. ]
呢件事睇起嚟好困難﹐但係做落去好容易。 粵
This task seems quite difficult, but doing it is really easy. [Aspect markers 起嚟 and 落去 function rather like antonyms, originally meaning "starting to" and "carrying on" respectively. ]
自從新聞報道話椰子又好又盛, 呢一帶食肆都食住條水, 推出各種各樣同椰子有關嘅小食。 粵
Ever since the news reported that coconuts were good and all, the entire stretch of eateries here seize the opportunity to serve snacks made from coconuts. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,137972,137975#msg-137975]
亞雄成晚喺度捵床捵蓆，隻手紮到豬蹄噉，佢重喺度考慮好唔好請假 粵
Ah Hung spent the whole night tossing and turning on his bed, clenching his fist like pig's trotters; he is still considering if he should apply for leave from work. [http://storyboard1212.mysinablog.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=25098]
我睇都係買屋比較揸拿，好過投資喺啲小生意上 粵
I am of the view that buying property has more assurance, better than investing in small businesses.
就算華佗在世都醫唔好啦 粵
There would not be a cure even if Hua Tuo is alive. [Hua Tuo was a famous doctor in the Three Kingdoms period. The alternative is '華佗再世' meaning the rebirth of Waa4 To4 ]
我唔沖涼係好芝麻綠豆嘅事嚟嘅啫，唔好喺到囉囉唆唆！ 粵
That I don't take a bath is such a trifling matter, stop nagging at me here! Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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(we would really appreciate new volunteers to add some more compound words to the database so please post to the CantoDict forum if you would like to spend an occasional 10 mins or so helping)
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