好勢

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	power; force; tendency power; force; tendency; conditions; influence
trad. (好勢)		好	勢
simp. (好势)		好	势

Pronunciation

Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hó-se

(Hailu, HRS): ho^ˊ she^ˇ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó-sè / hó-sì

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-se
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˋ se
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ se⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ se⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˊ she^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /ho²⁴⁻³³ ʃe¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-sè
  - Tâi-lô: hó-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoysex
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ se⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/
  - IPA (Singapore): /ho⁴²⁻²⁴ se²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-sì
  - Tâi-lô: hó-sì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoysix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²¹/
  - IPA (Penang): /ho⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ si²¹/

Adverb

好勢

(Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) smoothly; successfully; without difficulties (of matter, business, etc.)
(Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) well (of a result of action, behavior, etc.)

Adjective

好勢

(Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) suitable; appropriate
(Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) comfortable
(Hokkien) well; not sick
- 底時感著家己無好勢？ [Hokkien, trad.]
  底时感着家己无好势？ [Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2004, Derrick Lian (medicus.tk), 'Excue Me, U Spik Inglish?'
  Tī-sî kám-tio̍h ka-kī bô hó-sè? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  When did you first notice that you were ill?
(Taiwanese Hakka) done for; finished (in an ironic sense)

Derived terms

好勢面 / 好势面
毋好勢 / 毋好势

Interjection

好勢

(Hokkien) expressing satisfaction or permission

Further reading

“好勢”, 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.
“Entry #235”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.