好玩

好玩

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	curios; antiques; to play curios; antiques; to play; to amuse oneself
simp. and trad. (好玩)		好	玩
anagram		玩好

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎowán

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² waan^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hǎowán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄨㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haowan
    • IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯än³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (好玩兒／好玩儿)⁺
    • Pinyin: hǎowánr
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄨㄢˊㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haowal
    • IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ wɑɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² waan^4-2
    • Yale: hóu wáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² waan^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² wan²
    • IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ wäːn²¹⁻³⁵/

Adjective

好玩

1. fun

   呢個遊戲唔好玩。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   呢个游戏唔好玩。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   Nei¹ go³ jau⁴ hei³ m⁴ hou² waan². [Jyutping]

   This game sucks.

Synonyms

• (Teochew) 好耍

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàowán

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou³ waan^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hàowán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄨㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawwan
    • IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹ u̯än³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (好玩兒／好玩儿)⁺
    • Pinyin: hàowánr
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄨㄢˊㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawwal
    • IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹ wɑɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou³ waan^4-2
    • Yale: hou wáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou³ waan^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou³ wan²
    • IPA ^(key): /hou̯³³ wäːn²¹⁻³⁵/

Verb

好玩

1. to be playful; to be fond of playing

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàowán, hàowàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ㄨㄢˊ, ㄏㄠˋ ㄨㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial; standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: hàowán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄨㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawwan
    • IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹ u̯än³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: hàowàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄨㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawwann
    • IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ u̯än⁵¹/

Noun

好玩

1. (obsolete) toy; object for appreciation; plaything