好吃

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer
trad. (好吃)		好	吃
simp. #(好吃)		好	吃

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎochī

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄔ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² hek³
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵hau-chiq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎochī
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄔ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎochih
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-chʻih¹
    • Yale: hǎu-chr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haochy
    • Palladius: хаочи (xaoči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɻ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² hek³
    • Yale: hóu hek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² hek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² hég³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ hɛːk̚³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵hau-chiq
    • MiniDict: hau^去 chih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²hau-qiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hɔ³³ t͡ɕʰiɪʔ⁴⁴/

Adjective

好吃

1. delicious; delectable; tasty; scrumptious; yummy

   四種好吃的雞肉經典做法 [MSC, trad.]
   四种好吃的鸡肉经典做法 [MSC, simp.]

   sì zhǒng hǎochī de jīròu jīngdiǎn zuòfǎ [Pinyin]

   four classic ways to cook chicken that are delicious

   這個菜很好吃。／这个菜很好吃。  ―  Zhège cài hěn hǎochī.  ―  This dish is delicious.

Usage notes

In Standard Chinese, 好吃 (hǎochī) must always be used for food while 好喝 (hǎohē) should be used for drinks, whereas tasty or delicious would be used for both in English.

Synonyms

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• 利口 (lìkǒu)
• 可口 (kěkǒu)
• 好味 (hou² mei⁶) (Cantonese)
• 好食 (Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Waxiang)
• 好饁 / 好馌 (hǎu-iè) (Northern Min)
• 惹味 (je⁵ mei⁶) (Cantonese)
• 有味 (yǒuwèi)
• 爽口 (shuǎngkǒu)
• 美味 (měiwèi)

See also

• (for drinks) 好喝 (hǎohē)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàochī

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ㄔ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou³ hek³
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵hau-chiq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hàochī
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄔ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hàochih
    • Wade–Giles: hao⁴-chʻih¹
    • Yale: hàu-chr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawchy
    • Palladius: хаочи (xaoči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɻ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou³ hek³
    • Yale: hou hek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou³ hek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou³ hég³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³³ hɛːk̚³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵hau-chiq
    • MiniDict: hau^去 chih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²hau-qiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hɔ³³ t͡ɕʰiɪʔ⁴⁴/

Adjective

好吃

1. fond of eating; gluttonous

Synonyms

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• 上合合 (Hakka)
• 喙斗㾀 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 嘴饞 / 嘴馋 (zuǐchán)
• 圖食 / 图食 (Hakka)
• 好食 (Cantonese, Hakka)
• 枵荒 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 枵饞 / 枵馋 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 枵鬼 (Hokkien)
• 為食 / 为食 (wai⁶ sik⁶) (Cantonese)
• 豺食 (Hakka)
• 貪吃 / 贪吃 (tānchī)
• 貪嘴 / 贪嘴 (tānzuǐ)
• 貪食 / 贪食 (taam¹ sik⁶) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew)
• 貪饞 / 贪馋 (tānchán)
• 重食 (Hokkien)
• 饞嘴 / 馋嘴 (chánzuǐ)
• 饞食 / 馋食 (Taiwanese Hokkien)

Dialectal synonyms of 貪吃 (“gluttonous; fond of eating”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		貪吃, 貪嘴, 好吃, 饞嘴, 嘴饞, 貪饞
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	貪吃, 貪嘴
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	嘴饞
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	饞
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	饞
	Xi'an	饞, 嘴饞
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	嘴巴饞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	為食
	Hong Kong	為食
	Taishan	頸赤
	Kaiping (Chikan)	頸赤
Hakka	Meixian	貪食, 好食
	Yudu	好食
Northern Min	Jian'ou	烏饁, 貪饁
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	貪食
Southern Min	Xiamen	貪食, 重食, 癮食
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	重食
	Quanzhou	貪食, 重食, 癮食
	Zhangzhou	貪食, 重食, 癮食, 喙斗㾀
	Tainan	貪食, 饞食
	Shantou	好食
	Jieyang	好食
	Leizhou	饞食
Puxian Min	Putian	貪食
	Xianyou	貪食
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	謀吃, 貪吃, 嘴饞
Wu	Shanghai	饞, 饞癆, 猴, 貪嘴
	Shanghai (Chongming)	饞
	Hangzhou	饞癆
	Ningbo	饞癆
	Jinhua	貪吃