好意思

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	meaning; significance; interest meaning; significance; interest; fun
trad. (好意思)		好	意思
simp. #(好意思)		好	意思

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎoyìsi, hǎoyìsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄧˋ ˙ㄙ, ㄏㄠˇ ㄧˋ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² ji³ si¹, hou² ji³ si³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎoyìsi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄧˋ ˙ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎoyìsi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-i⁴-ssŭ⁵
    • Yale: hǎu-yì-sz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoyih.sy
    • Palladius: хаоисы (xaoisy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹ sz̩¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, stressed or dialectal)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎoyìsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄧˋ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎoyìsih
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-i⁴-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: hǎu-yì-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoyihsy
    • Palladius: хаоисы (xaoisy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² ji³ si¹, hou² ji³ si³
    • Yale: hóu yi sī, hóu yi si
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² ji³ si¹, hou² ji³ si³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² yi³ xi¹, hou² yi³ xi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ jiː³³ siː⁵⁵/, /hou̯³⁵ jiː³³ siː³³/

Verb

好意思

1. to feel no shame; to have the nerve

Antonyms

• 不好意思 (bùhǎoyìsi)
• 唔好意思