好佳哉
Chinese
| good; well; be fond of | fortunately | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (好佳哉) | 好 | 佳哉 | |
| simp. #(好佳哉) | 好 | 佳哉 | |
| alternative forms | 好嘉哉 好佳在 好該哉／好该哉 好加再 好皆再 | ||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó-kai-chài / hó-ka-chài
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-kai-chài
- Tâi-lô: hó-kai-tsài
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'kaizaix
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kai³³ t͡sai⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai²¹/
- IPA (Singapore): /ho⁴²⁻²⁴ kai⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-ka-chài
- Tâi-lô: hó-ka-tsài
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'kazaix
- IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai¹¹/
- IPA (Singapore): /ho⁴²⁻²⁴ ka⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai²¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
Adverb
好佳哉
Synonyms
- 佳哉 (Hokkien)
- 多虧 / 多亏 (duōkuī)
- 好代得 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 好值得 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
- 好在 (hǎozài)
- 好彩 (Cantonese, Hakka)
- 好得 (Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew)
- 好是 (hǎoshì) (formal)
- 好路 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 幸好 (xìnghǎo)
- 幸而 (xìng'ér)
- 幸虧 / 幸亏 (xìngkuī)
- 得虧 / 得亏 (děikuī) (dialectal)
- 打幫 / 打帮 (Hakka)
- 搭幫 / 搭帮 (Hengyang Xiang)
- 虧 / 亏 (kuī)
- 虧得 / 亏得 (kuīde)
- 造化 (cô̤-*huá) (Eastern Min)
References
- “好佳哉”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.