好歹

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	bad; wicked; evil
simp. and trad. (好歹)		好	歹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎodǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄉㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² daai²
Min Nan (POJ): hó-pháiⁿ / hó-phái

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hǎodǎi [Phonetic: háodǎi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄉㄞˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haodae
  - IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ taɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou² daai²
  - Yale: hóu dáai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou² daai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou² dai²
  - IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ täːi̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-pháiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: hó-pháinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoyphvae
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰãɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰãɪ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-phái
  - Tâi-lô: hó-phái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoyphae
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pʰaɪ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰaɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰaɪ⁴¹/

Noun

好歹

good and evil
mishap; misadventure; accident

Synonyms

(good and bad): 好壞／好坏 (hǎohuài), 長短／长短 (chángduǎn), 是非 (shìfēi); (Min Nan) 好䆀

Derived terms

不分好歹
不知好歹 (bùzhīhǎodǎi)

不識好歹／不识好歹
有個好歹／有个好歹

Adverb

好歹

in any case; after all
somehow; just; simply

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