好來好去

好來好去

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	to come	good; well; be fond of	to go; to leave; to remove
trad. (好來好去)		好	來	好	去
simp. (好来好去)		好	来	好	去
variant forms		好嚟好去 Cantonese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎoláihǎoqù

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄏㄠˇ ㄑㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² lai⁴ hou² heoi³, hou² lei⁴ hou² heoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hǎoláihǎoqù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄏㄠˇ ㄑㄩˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haolaihaochiw
    • IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ laɪ̯³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² lai⁴ hou² heoi³, hou² lei⁴ hou² heoi³
    • Yale: hóu làih hóu heui, hóu lèih hóu heui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² lai⁴ hou² hoey³, hou² lei⁴ hou² hoey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² lei⁴ hou² hêu³, hou² léi⁴ hou² hêu³
    • IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ lɐi̯²¹ hou̯³⁵ hɵy̯³³/, /hou̯³⁵ lei̯²¹ hou̯³⁵ hɵy̯³³/

Idiom

好來好去

1. (now chiefly Cantonese) to begin well and end well