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
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó-ōe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎohuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎohuà
  - Wade–Giles: hao³-hua⁴
  - Yale: hǎu-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haohuah
  - Palladius: хаохуа (xaoxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou² waa⁶
  - Yale: hóu wah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou² waa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou² wa⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ waː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-fa
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho` fa
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ fa⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ fa⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: hó-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoyoe
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/

Noun

好話

fine words; words of praise, or comfort (Classifier: 句)
好話說盡，壞事做絕 [MSC, trad.]
好话说尽，坏事做绝 [MSC, simp.]
hǎohuà shuō jìn, huàishì zuò jué [Pinyin]
to say as many fine words as one can and do as many bad deeds as one is able to
good advice (Classifier: 句)
plea; apology (Classifier: 句)

Usage notes

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

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