好好先生

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	good; well; be fond of	one who was born earlier; mister; sir one who was born earlier; mister; sir; gentleman
trad. (好好先生)		好	好	先生
simp. #(好好先生)		好	好	先生

Etymology

Literally, "Mister Yes-Yes."

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎohǎo xiānsheng, hǎohǎo xiānshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ˙ㄕㄥ, ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² hou² sin¹ saang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎohǎo xiānsheng [Phonetic: háohǎoxiānsheng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ˙ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎohǎo sianshe̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-hao³ hsien¹-shêng⁵
    • Yale: hǎu-hǎu syān-sheng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haohao shian.sheng
    • Palladius: хаохао сяньшэн (xaoxao sjanʹšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎohǎo xiānshēng [Phonetic: háohǎoxiānshēng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎohǎo siansheng
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-hao³ hsien¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: hǎu-hǎu syān-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haohao shiansheng
    • Palladius: хаохао сяньшэн (xaoxao sjanʹšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² hou² sin¹ saang¹
    • Yale: hóu hóu sīn sāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² hou² sin¹ saang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² hou² xin¹ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ hou̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

好好先生

1. (colloquial) yes man

Synonyms

• 跟屁蟲／跟屁虫 (gēnpìchóng)
• 應聲蟲／应声虫 (yìngshēngchóng)