修好

Chinese

		to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate	good; well; be fond of
trad. (修好)		修	好
simp. #(修好)		修	好

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiūhǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄏㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ hou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siû-hó
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-hó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiūhǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄏㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siouhǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-hao³
    • Yale: syōu-hǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiouhao
    • Palladius: сюхао (sjuxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ hou²
    • Yale: sāu hóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ hou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ hou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ hou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siû-hó
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiu´ ho`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiu¹ ho³
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯u²⁴ ho³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-hó
    • Tâi-lô: siu-hó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siu'hoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ ho⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ hɤ⁴¹/

Verb

修好

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 修好 (xiūhǎo); 修 (xiū, “to repair”) + 好 (hǎo, “complement indicating completion”)
2. (literary) to cultivate a friendship; to foster cordial relations between states
3. (regional) to do good deeds

Synonyms

• (to do good deeds):

• 修善 (xiūshàn) (literary)
• 種德／种德 (zhòngdé) (literary)
• 積善／积善 (jīshàn) (literary)
• 積德／积德 (jīdé)
• 行善 (xíngshàn)
• 行好 (xínghǎo)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to do good deeds”):

• 行兇／行凶 (xíngxiōng)
• 逞兇／逞凶 (chěngxiōng)