好事

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (好事)		好	事
simp. #(好事)		好	事
alternative forms		好代 (hó-tāi) Min Nan

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎoshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² si⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hó-sṳ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hó-sū / hó-sīr

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ho² se⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎoshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎoshìh
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-shih⁴
    • Yale: hǎu-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoshyh
    • Palladius: хаоши (xaoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎoshìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎoshìhr
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-shih⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: hǎu-shìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoshell
    • Palladius: хаошир (xaošir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² si⁶
    • Yale: hóu sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ siː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho` sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-sū
    • Tâi-lô: hó-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoysu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: hó-sīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ho² se⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hó sṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵²⁻³⁵ sɯ¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: xawX dzriH

Rime
Character	好	事
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	呼晧切	鉏吏切
Baxter	xawX	dzriH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɑuX/	/d͡ʒɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/hɑuX/	/ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/xɑuX/	/d͡ʒieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hawX/	/ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Li Rong	/xɑuX/	/d͡ʒiəH/
Wang Li	/xɑuX/	/d͡ʒĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xɑuX/	/ɖ͡ʐʱiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hǎo	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hou2	zi6

Noun

好事

1. good thing

   這不是好事嗎？／这不是好事吗？  ―  Zhè bùshì hǎoshì ma?  ―  Isn't this a good thing?

2. happy event; joyous occasion (e.g. a wedding, marriage, etc.)
3. good deed; charitable act
4. Buddhist ceremony
5. (colloquial, sarcastic) bad thing

   看你做的好事！  ―  Kàn nǐ zuò de hǎoshì!  ―  Look at what you've done!

Synonyms

• (good deed): 善事 (shànshì), 善行 (shànxíng)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "good thing"): 壞事／坏事 (huàishì)

Derived terms

• 但知行好事，莫要問前程／但知行好事，莫要问前程
• 做好事
• 好事不出門，壞事傳千里／好事不出门，坏事传千里 (hǎoshì bù chūmén, huàishì chuán qiānlǐ)
• 好事不出門，惡事傳千里／好事不出门，恶事传千里
• 好事不出門，惡事行千里／好事不出门，恶事行千里
• 好事多妨
• 好事多慳／好事多悭
• 好事多磨 (hǎoshìduōmó)
• 好事多魔 (hǎoshìduōmó)
• 好事天慳／好事天悭
• 好人好事 (hǎorénhǎoshì)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàoshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou³ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hòⁿ-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hàoshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hàoshìh
    • Wade–Giles: hao⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: hàu-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawshyh
    • Palladius: хаоши (xaoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hàoshìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄕˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hàoshìhr
    • Wade–Giles: hao⁴-shih⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: hàu-shìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawshell
    • Palladius: хаошир (xaošir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou³ si⁶
    • Yale: hou sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou³ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou³ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³³ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòⁿ-sū
    • Tâi-lô: hònn-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvorsu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ̃²¹⁻⁴¹ su³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ̃¹¹⁻⁵³ su³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ̃²¹⁻⁵³ su²²/

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• Middle Chinese: xawH dzriH

Rime
Character	好	事
Reading #	2/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	呼到切	鉏吏切
Baxter	xawH	dzriH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɑuH/	/d͡ʒɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/hɑuH/	/ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/xɑuH/	/d͡ʒieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hawH/	/ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Li Rong	/xɑuH/	/d͡ʒiəH/
Wang Li	/xɑuH/	/d͡ʒĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xɑuH/	/ɖ͡ʐʱiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hào	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hou3	zi6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰˤuʔ-s  [m-s-]rəʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰuːs  zrɯs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	好	事
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hào	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ xawH ›	‹ dzriH ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰˁuʔ-s/	/*[m-s-]rəʔ-s/
English	love, like (v.)	serve; service, affair
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	好	事
Reading #	2/2	2/2
No.	4914	11486
Phonetic component	好	史
Rime group	幽	之
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	秏	事
Old Chinese	/*qʰuːs/	/*zrɯs/
Notes		史吏轉註字

Adjective

好事

1. meddlesome; officious

Derived terms

• 好事之徒
• 好事者 (hàoshìzhě)
• 好事貪功／好事贪功

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
好	事
こう Grade: 4	じ Grade: 3
on’yomi	goon

By surface analysis, 好 (kō, “good, favorable”) +‎ 事 (ji, “thing, matter”). Features an either kan'on or goon first kanji reading and a goon second reading.

Noun

好(こう)事(じ) • (kōji) 

1. an auspicious event
2. a good thing; good news

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
好	事
こう Grade: 4	じ Grade: 3
on’yomi	kan’yōon

Features an either kan'on or goon first kanji reading and a kan'yōon second reading.

Noun

好事(こうず) • (kōzu) 

1. dilettantism; dabbling

Derived terms

• 好(こう)事(ず)家(か) (kōzuka, “dilettante”)
• 好(こう)事(ず)者(しゃ) (kōzusha, “dilettante”)