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

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 好吃

1. delicious; delectable; tasty; scrumptious; yummy

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

 

See also

• (for drinks) 好喝 (hǎohē)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàochī

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ㄔ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou³ hek³

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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 ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
• 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/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 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)

 

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