好彩

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	(bright) colour; variety; applause (bright) colour; variety; applause; applaud; (lottery) prize
trad. (好彩)		好	彩
simp. #(好彩)		好	彩
alternative forms		好采

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎocǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄘㄞˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hou² coi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hau² toi²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hó-chhói

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎocǎi [Phonetic: háocǎi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄘㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎocǎi
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-tsʻai³
    • Yale: hǎu-tsǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haotsae
    • Palladius: хаоцай (xaocaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² coi²
    • Yale: hóu chói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² tsoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² coi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hau² toi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau⁵⁵ tʰᵘɔi⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-chhói
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˋ coi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ coi³
    • Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ t͡sʰoi̯³¹/

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 好彩

1. (Cantonese, Hakka) luckily; fortunately

   好彩冇事啫。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   hou² coi² mou⁵ si⁶ ze¹. [Jyutping]

   You're (they're) lucky that nothing happened to you (them).

Synonyms

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• 佳哉 (Hokkien)
• 多虧／多亏 (duōkuī)
• 好代得 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 好佳哉 (Hokkien)
• 好值得 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 好在 (hǎozài)
• 好得 (Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew)
• 好是 (hǎoshì) (formal)
• 好路 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 幸好 (xìnghǎo)
• 幸而 (xìng'ér)
• 幸虧／幸亏 (xìngkuī)
• 得虧／得亏 (děikuī) (dialectal)
• 打幫／打帮 (Hakka)
• 虧／亏 (kuī)
• 虧得／亏得 (kuīde)
• 造化 (cô̤-*huá) (Eastern Min)

 

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 好彩

1. (obsolete) good luck in gambling
2. (obsolete or Cantonese, Hakka) good luck; good fortune

Synonyms

• (good luck):

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• 好字運／好字运 (Hokkien)
• 好運／好运 (hǎoyùn)
• 幸運／幸运 (xìngyùn)
• 機緣／机缘 (jīyuán)
• 福 (literary, or in compounds)
• 福分 (fúfèn)
• 福氣／福气
• 福澤／福泽 (fúzé)
• 福祉 (fúzhǐ) (literary)
• 福祚 (fúzuò) (literary)
• 福運／福运 (Hokkien)
• 造化 (zàohua)