更好

Chinese

		to change; more; even more to change; more; even more; further; still; still more	good; well; be fond of
trad. (更好)		更	好
simp. #(更好)		更	好

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gènghǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥˋ ㄏㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gang³ hou²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kien-hó / kian-hó

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gên⁴ hau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gènghǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˋ ㄏㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gènghǎo
    • Wade–Giles: kêng⁴-hao³
    • Yale: gèng-hǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: genqhao
    • Palladius: гэнхао (gɛnxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ⁵¹ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gang³ hou²
    • Yale: gang hóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gang³ hou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: geng³ hou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ³³ hou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kien-hó
    • Hakka Romanization System: gien ho`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gian<sup>4</sup> ho<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯en⁵⁵ ho³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kian-hó
    • Hakka Romanization System: gian ho`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gian⁴ ho³
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯an⁵⁵ ho³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gên⁴ hau³
    • Sinological IPA: /kɛn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ hau³¹/

Verb

更好

1. to be better (as in, more desirable or satisfactory)

   成為一個更好的自己 [MSC, trad.]
   成为一个更好的自己 [MSC, simp.]

   chéngwéi yīge gènghǎo de zìjǐ [Pinyin]

   to become a better person; to become a better version of oneself

   沒有最好，只有更好 [MSC, trad.]
   没有最好，只有更好 [MSC, simp.]

   méiyǒu zuìhǎo, zhǐyǒu gènghǎo [Pinyin]

   There is no best, only better.