好戲

See also: 好戏

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	trick; drama; play trick; drama; play; show
trad. (好戲)		好	戲
simp. (好戏)		好	戏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎoxì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² hei³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎoxì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎosì
  - Wade–Giles: hao³-hsi⁴
  - Yale: hǎu-syì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoshih
  - Palladius: хаоси (xaosi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou² hei³
  - Yale: hóu hei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou² hei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou² héi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ hei̯³³/

Noun

好戲

good play; good drama
(figurative) great fun; best part
他們的辯論比我想像中精彩，真是一場好戲。 [MSC, trad.]
他们的辩论比我想象中精彩，真是一场好戏。 [MSC, simp.]
Tāmen de biànlùn bǐ wǒ xiǎngxiàng zhōng jīngcǎi, zhēnshì yī chǎng hǎoxì. [Pinyin]
Their debate was more exciting than I had expected; it really was great fun.
(used ironically) embarrassment; quarrel

Derived terms

好戲還在後頭 / 好戏还在后头
拿手好戲 / 拿手好戏 (náshǒuhǎoxì)
看好戲 / 看好戏

Adjective

好戲

(Cantonese) good at acting