好空

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (好空)		好	空
simp. ^#(好空)		好	空
alternative forms		好康好孔

Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ho³ kang¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó-khang

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ho³ kang¹ [Phonetic: ho⁵ kang¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: heô-kang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ kʰaŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ho³ kang¹ [Phonetic: ho⁵ kang¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho³³²⁻²¹ kʰaŋ⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-khang
  - Tâi-lô: hó-khang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'qafng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰaŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

好空

(Hokkien, Puxian Min) good opportunity, thing or news; good stuff; benefit
- 1990, “向前走 [Marching Forward]”‎^[1]performed by 林強 [Lim Giong]:
  
  聽人講啥咪好康的攏底這 [Hokkien, trad.]
  听人讲啥咪好康的拢底这 [Hokkien, simp.]
  thiaⁿ lâng kóng siáⁿ-mih hó-khang--ê lóng tī chia [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  I've heard others say that the good things are all here
- 1996, “去香港看看”‎^[2]performed by 張雨生 [Chang Yu-sheng]:
  
  好空仔盡量拼歹空仔走代先 [Hokkien, trad.]
  好空仔尽量拼歹空仔走代先 [Hokkien, simp.]
  hó-khang--ê chīn-liāng piàⁿ pháiⁿ-khang--ê cháu tāi-seng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2015, “台北台北 [Taipei Taipei]”‎^[3]performed by 謝和弦 [R-chord]:
  
  聽人講啥咪好康的攏底這有真正甘有影 [Hokkien, trad.]
  听人讲啥咪好康的拢底这有真正甘有影 [Hokkien, simp.]
  thiaⁿ lâng kóng siáⁿ咪 hó-khang ê lóng té che iú-chin-chiàⁿ kam-iú-éng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Antonyms

歹空

Adjective

好空

References

“好空”, 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.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “好空”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 269.