好話

好話

See also: 好话

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (好話)		好	話
simp. (好话)		好	话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎohuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² waa⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hó-fa
• Min Nan (POJ): hó-ōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hǎohuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haohuah
    • IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² waa⁶
    • Yale: hóu wah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² waa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² wa⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ wäː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-fa
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho` fa
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ fa⁴
    • IPA: /ho³¹ fa⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: hó-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoyoe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/

Noun

好話 (classifier 句 (jù))

1. fine words
2. words of praise, or comfort
3. good advice
4. plea; apology

Usage notes

Often preceded by the verb 說／说 (shuō), "to speak".