好好叫

好好叫 (Northern Wu)

1. properly; appropriately; aptly; to one's best ability; very much

   好好叫打其一頓 [Ningbonese, trad.]
   好好叫打其一顿 [Ningbonese, simp.]

   give them a proper beating/beat them up good

2. (used to emphasize the great extent of a difference, often in comparative contexts) greatly or extremely (different); much more

   㑚搿價鈿勿對𠲎？我上趟來買個辰光好好叫要便宜了末！ [Shanghainese, trad.]
   㑚搿价钿勿对𠲎？我上趟来买个辰光好好叫要便宜了末！ [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁶na ⁸geq ⁵ka-di₆ ⁸veq₆-te₅-va₆ ⁶ngu ⁶zaon-thaon₅ le₆ ⁶ma-gheq₈-zen₆-kuaon₅ ⁵hau-hau₅-ciau₅ ⁵iau ⁶bi-gni₆-leq₈-meq₈ [Wugniu]

   Surely your price is wrong? The last time I came here to buy this it was way cheaper!

   就儂搿能介跑法噢，好好叫比勿過人家唻！ [Shanghainese, trad.]
   就侬搿能介跑法噢，好好叫比勿过人家𫪁！ [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁶zhieu ⁶non ⁸geq-nen₆-ka₅ ⁶bau-faq₇-ghau₆ ⁵hau-hau₅-ciau₅ ⁵pi-veq₈-ku₅ ⁶gnin-ka₁-le₀ [Wugniu]

   With the way you're running now, there's no way you'd compare to the others at all!

好好叫

1. (Northern Wu) perfectly good; perfectly fine

   好好叫個人變成現在敖副樣子。 [Northern Wu, trad.]
   好好叫个人变成现在敖副样子。 [Northern Wu, simp.]

   ³hau-hau₃-ciau₅-keq₇ ⁴gnin ⁵pie-zen₆ ⁶ye-ze₄ ¹ngau-fu₅ ⁶yan-tsy₃ [Wugniu]

   (To think) that a once perfectly decent person would ever end up like this.

   迭隻碗末好好叫垃海呀，再用脫伊十年八年也勿怕壞個咾。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   迭只碗末好好叫垃海呀，再用脱伊十年八年也勿怕坏个咾。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁸diq-tsaq₇ ⁵uoe-meq₈ ⁵hau-hau₅-ciau₅-laq₈-he₅-ia₁ ¹tse ⁶yon-theq₇-yi₆ ⁸zeq-gni₆ ⁷paq-gni ⁶gha ⁸veq-pho₅ ⁶wa-gheq₈-lau₆ [Wugniu]

   This bowl is absolutely good still! You can use it for eight or ten more years and you won't have to worry about it breaking.

2. (Shanghainese) (predicative) proper; well-behaved

   儂幫我好好叫！ [Shanghainese, trad.]
   侬帮我好好叫！ [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁶non ¹paon-ngu₆ ⁵hau-hau₅-ciau₅ [Wugniu]

   You'd better behave!

• (Shanghainese, contracted form) 好叫