好彩

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	(bright) color; variety; applause (bright) color; variety; applause; applaud; (lottery) prize
simp. and trad. (好彩)		好	彩
variant forms		好采

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎocǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄘㄞˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): hou² coi²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): hau² toi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hó-chhói

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hǎocǎi [Phonetic: háocǎi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄘㄞˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haotsae
  - IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou² coi²
  - Yale: hóu chói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou² tsoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou² coi²
  - IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ t͡sʰɔːy̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: hau² toi²
  - IPA ^(key): /hau⁵⁵ tʰᵘɔi⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-chhói
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho` coi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ coi³
  - IPA: /ho³¹ t͡sʰoi̯³¹/

Adverb

好彩

(Cantonese, Hakka) luckily; fortunately
好彩冇事啫。 [Cantonese] ― Hou² coi² mou⁵ si⁶ ze¹. [Jyutping] ― You're (they're) lucky that nothing happened to you (them).

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)
(Hakka, Min Nan) 好得
(Min Nan) 好路, 好代得, 好佳哉, 佳哉, 好值得

Noun

好彩

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

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