佳哉

Chinese

		excellent	(exclamatory or interrog. part.)
simp. and trad. (佳哉)		佳	哉

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): kai-chài / ka-chài

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kai-chài
  - Tâi-lô: kai-tsài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kaizaix
  - IPA (Taipei): /kaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡saɪ¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡saɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡saɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kaɪ³³ t͡saɪ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-chài
  - Tâi-lô: ka-tsài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kazaix
  - IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡saɪ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡saɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² t͡saɪ²¹/

Adverb

佳哉

(Min Nan) fortunately

Synonyms

多虧／多亏 (duōkuī)
虧得／亏得 (kuīde)
幸而 (xìng'ér)
幸好 (xìnghǎo)
幸虧／幸亏 (xìngkuī)
好在 (hǎozài)
(Cantonese, Hakka) 好彩 (hǎocǎi)
(Hakka, Min Nan) 好得
(Min Nan) 好路, 好代得, 好佳哉, 好值得

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