好笑

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	laugh; smile
trad. (好笑)		好	笑
simp. #(好笑)		好	笑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎoxiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² siu³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hó-seu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó-chhiò

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎoxiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎosiào
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-hsiao⁴
    • Yale: hǎu-syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoshiaw
    • Palladius: хаосяо (xaosjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² siu³
    • Yale: hóu siu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² siu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² xiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ siːu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-seu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho` seu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ seu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ seu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-chhiò
    • Tâi-lô: hó-tshiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoychioix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰio²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰio⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰio²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰio¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɤ²¹/

Adjective

好笑

1. funny; hilarious; amusing

   呢隻歌真係好笑。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   呢只歌真系好笑。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei¹ zek³ go¹ zan¹ hai⁶ hou² siu³. [Jyutping]

   This song is hilarious.

2. laughable; ridiculous

Synonyms

• (funny):

• 可笑 (kěxiào)
• 幽默 (yōumò)
• 搞笑 (gǎoxiào)
• 滑稽
• 詼諧／诙谐 (huīxié)
• 風趣／风趣 (fēngqù)

 

• (laughable):

• 乖謬／乖谬 (guāimiù) (literary)
• 可笑 (kěxiào)
• 悖謬／悖谬 (bèimiù)
• 荒唐 (huāngtáng)
• 荒誕／荒诞 (huāngdàn)
• 荒謬／荒谬 (huāngmiù)
• 謬妄／谬妄 (miùwàng) (literary)