好佳哉

好佳哉

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	fortunately
trad. (好佳哉)		好	佳哉
simp. #(好佳哉)		好	佳哉
alternative forms		好嘉哉 好佳在

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): hó-kai-chài / hó-ka-chài

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-kai-chài
    • Tâi-lô: hó-kai-tsài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'kaizaix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kai³³ t͡sai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai²¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /ho⁴²⁻²⁴ kai⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-ka-chài
    • Tâi-lô: hó-ka-tsài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'kazaix
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai¹¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /ho⁴²⁻²⁴ ka⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai²¹/

Adverb

好佳哉

1. (Min Nan) fortunately; luckily

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 好佳哉

佳哉 (Min Nan) 好代得 (Min Nan) 好值得 (Min Nan) 好在 (hǎozài) 好彩 (Cantonese, Hakka) 好得 (Hakka, Min Nan) 好路 (Min Nan) 幸好 (xìnghǎo)

幸而 (xìng'ér) 造化 (Min Dong) 多虧／多亏 (duōkuī) 幸虧／幸亏 (xìngkuī) 得虧／得亏 (děikuī) (dialectal) 打幫／打帮 (Hakka) 虧／亏 (kuī) 虧得／亏得 (kuīde)

References

• “Entry #2344”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.