好不

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	not; no
trad. (好不)		好	不
simp. ^#(好不)		好	不
anagram		不好

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎobù

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² bat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎobù
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎobù
  - Wade–Giles: hao³-pu⁴
  - Yale: hǎu-bù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haobu
  - Palladius: хаобу (xaobu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou² bat¹
  - Yale: hóu bāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou² bat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou² bed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵/

Adverb

好不

very
場面好不熱鬧／场面好不热闹 ― chǎngmiàn hǎobù rènao ― the scene is very lively
- 1976 revised / 1955–56, 金庸, chapter 2, in 書劍恩仇錄, 明河社, page 57:
  
  [李沅芷] 只看得眉飛色舞，好不有興。 [MSC, trad.]
  [李沅芷] 只看得眉飞色舞，好不有兴。 [MSC, simp.]
  [Lǐ Yuánzhǐ] zhǐ kàn de méifēisèwǔ, hǎobù yǒu xìng. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1996, “Last Dance”‎^[1]performed by 伍佰:
  
  平靜臉孔映著繽紛色彩　讓人好不疼愛 [MSC, trad.]
  平静脸孔映着缤纷色彩　让人好不疼爱 [MSC, simp.]
  píngjìng liǎnkǒng yìng zhe bīnfēn sècǎi, ràng rén hǎobù téng'ài [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 好,‎ 不 – very not

Derived terms

好不容易 (hǎobùróngyì)
好不痛快
好不自在