三好加一好
Chinese
| three | good; well; be fond of | to add; plus | one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
good; well; be fond of | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (三好加一好) | 三 | 好 | 加 | 一 | 好 | |
| simp. #(三好加一好) | 三 | 好 | 加 | 一 | 好 | |
Etymology
A euphemism based on tetraphobia of 四好 (sì hó, literally “4 benefits”) (since 3 + 1 = 4), a homophonic phrase in Taiwanese for 死好 (sí hó, “You deserve it”, literally “(Your) death is good”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: sān hǎo jiā yī hǎo [Phonetic: sān hǎo jiā yì hǎo]
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄏㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄧ ㄏㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: san hǎo jia yi hǎo
- Wade–Giles: san1 hao3 chia1 i1 hao3
- Yale: sān hǎu jyā yī hǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: san hao jia i hao
- Palladius: сань хао цзя и хао (sanʹ xao czja i xao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sän⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm hó kâ yit hó
- Hakka Romanization System: samˊ hoˋ gaˊ idˋ hoˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: sam1 ho3 ga1 yid5 ho3
- Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴ ho³¹ ka²⁴ it̚² ho³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm hó kâ yit hó
- Hakka Romanization System: samˊ hoˋ gaˊ (r)idˋ hoˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: sam1 ho3 ga1 yid5 ho3
- Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴ ho³¹ ka²⁴ (j)it̚² ho³¹/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ hó ke chi̍t hó
- Tâi-lô: sann hó ke tsi̍t hó
- Phofsit Daibuun: svaf hoir kef cit hoir
- IPA (Xiamen): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² ho⁵³ ke⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² ho⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sã³³ ho⁵⁵⁴ ke³³ t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² ho⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² ho⁵³ ke⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ho⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ ho⁵³ ke⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² ho⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ hɤ⁴¹ ke⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² hɤ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
Phrase
三好加一好
- (Taiwan, colloquial, derogatory, euphemistic) You deserve it.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 活該 (“to serve someone right; to have gotten what's coming to one”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 活該 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 活該, 死好 |
| Harbin | 活該 | |
| Singapore | 活該 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 活該 |
| Xi'an | 活該 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 抵死 |
| Hong Kong | 抵死 | |
| Taishan | 抵死 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 堪該, 該死, 死該, 堪得 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 堪該, 該死, 死該, 擳胲, 堪得 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 該然, 該死, 死好 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 活該 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 該死 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 合該, 合該然 |
| Taichung | 應該 GT, 死好 GT, 三好加一好 GT | |
| Jieyang | 堪該, 堪該死 | |
| Wu | Ningbo | 該死 |