好看
Chinese
| good; well; be fond of | to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (好看) | 好 | 看 | |
| simp. #(好看) | 好 | 看 | |
| alternative forms | 豪堪 Internet slang | ||
| anagram | 看好 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hou2 hon3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hó-khon
- Eastern Min (BUC): hō̤-káng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5hau-khoe
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: hǎokàn
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄎㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hǎokàn
- Wade–Giles: hao3-kʻan4
- Yale: hǎu-kàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haokann
- Palladius: хаокань (xaokanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰän⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: hou2 hon3
- Yale: hóu hon
- Cantonese Pinyin: hou2 hon3
- Guangdong Romanization: hou2 hon3
- Sinological IPA (key): /hou̯³⁵ hɔːn³³/
- Homophones:
好漢 / 好汉
好看
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-khon
- Hakka Romanization System: hoˋ kon
- Hagfa Pinyim: ho3 kon4
- Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ kʰon⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-khòaⁿ
- Tâi-lô: hó-khuànn
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'qvoax
- IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuã²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰuã⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuã²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuã¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰuã²¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ho2 kang3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hó khàng
- Sinological IPA (key): /ho⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰaŋ²¹³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
Adjective
好看
- good-looking; beautiful; pretty
- interesting; good; worth seeing; worth reading
- proud
- (sarcastic) embarrassed
Synonyms
- (good-looking):
- 俊 (jùn)
- 俊俏 (jùnqiào) (attractive and smart)
- 俊秀 (jùnxiù)
- 俊美 (jùnměi) (of a young male)
- 俏麗 / 俏丽 (qiàolì) (usually of a female)
- 奇麗 / 奇丽 (qílì) (singularly beautiful)
- 妖嬌 / 妖娇 (iau-kiau) (Hokkien)
- 妍美 (yánměi) (literary)
- 姣美 (jiāoměi) (formal, of a face or posture)
- 嬌豔 / 娇艳 (jiāoyàn) (delicate and charming)
- 嬌逸 / 娇逸 (jiāoyì) (literary, of a young male)
- 悅目 / 悦目 (yuèmù)
- 是樣 / 是样 (shìyàng) (colloquial)
- 標緻 / 标致 (biāozhì) (usually of a woman)
- 清秀 (qīngxiù)
- 漂亮
- 秀媚 (xiùmèi)
- 秀美 (xiùměi)
- 秀麗 / 秀丽 (xiùlì)
- 綺麗 / 绮丽 (qǐlì)
- 繁華 / 繁华 (fánhuá) (literary)
- 美觀 / 美观 (měiguān)
- 美麗 / 美丽 (měilì)
- 耐看 (nàikàn)
- 花花 (huāhuā) (literary)
- 豔麗 / 艳丽 (yànlì)
- 邊式 / 边式 (biānshi) (regional, of dress, physique, etc.)
- 體面 / 体面 (tǐmiàn)
- 鮮亮 / 鲜亮 (xiānliàng) (dialectal)
- 鮮麗 / 鲜丽 (xiānlì)
Dialectal synonyms of 漂亮 (“good-looking; beautiful; pretty”) [map]