好事

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (好事)		好	事
variant forms		好代 (hó-tāi) Min Nan

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎoshì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² si⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hó-sṳ
Min Nan (POJ): hó-sū / hó-sīr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hǎoshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: hǎoshìr
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoshell
  - IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩əɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou² si⁶
  - Yale: hóu sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou² si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou² xi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ siː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho` sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ si⁴
  - IPA: /ho³¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-sū
  - Tâi-lô: hó-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoysu
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-sīr
  - Tâi-lô: hó-sīr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/

Noun

好事

good thing
這不是好事嗎？ / 这不是好事吗？ ― Zhè bùshì hǎoshì ma? ― Isn't this a good thing?
happy event; joyous occasion (e.g. a wedding, marriage, etc.)
good deed; charitable act
Buddhist ceremony
(colloquial, sarcastic) bad thing
看你做的好事！ ― Kàn nǐ zuò de hǎoshì! ― Look at what you've done!

Antonyms

(good thing): 壞事／坏事 (huàishì)

Derived terms

但知行好事，莫要問前程／但知行好事，莫要问前程
做好事
好事不出門，壞事傳千里／好事不出门，坏事传千里
好事不出門，惡事傳千里／好事不出门，恶事传千里
好事不出門，惡事行千里／好事不出门，恶事行千里
好事多妨

好事多慳／好事多悭
好事多磨 (hǎoshìduōmó)
好事多魔
好事天慳／好事天悭
好人好事 (hǎorénhǎoshì)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hàoshì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou³ si⁶
Min Nan (POJ): hòⁿ-sū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hàoshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: hàoshìr
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄕˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawshell
  - IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩əɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou³ si⁶
  - Yale: hou sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou³ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou³ xi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /hou̯³³ siː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòⁿ-sū
  - Tâi-lô: hònn-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hvorsu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ̃²¹⁻⁴¹ su³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ̃¹¹⁻⁵³ su³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ̃²¹⁻⁵³ su²²/

Adjective

好事

meddlesome; officious

Derived terms

好事之徒
好事者 (hàoshìzhě)

好事貪功／好事贪功

Japanese

Kanji in this term
好	事
こう Grade: 4	じ Grade: 3

Noun

好事 (hiragana こうじ, rōmaji kōji)

an auspicious event
a good thing; good news

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