好處

See also: 好处

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	a place; location; spot a place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to stay; get along with; to be in a position of; deal with
trad. (好處)		好	處
simp. (好处)		好	处

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎochù

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄔㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² cyu³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hó-chhu

(Hailu, HRS): ho^ˊ chu^ˇ
Northern Min (KCR): hǎu-chṳ̿
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ho³ cy⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hó-chhù / hó-chhìr / hó-chhì / hó--chhù

(Teochew, Peng'im): ho² cu³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵hau-tshy₅

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎochù
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄔㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎochù
  - Wade–Giles: hao³-chʻu⁴
  - Yale: hǎu-chù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haochuh
  - Palladius: хаочу (xaoču)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎochùr
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄔㄨˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎochùr
  - Wade–Giles: hao³-chʻu⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: hǎu-chùr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haochull
  - Palladius: хаочур (xaočur)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰuɻʷ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou² cyu³
  - Yale: hóu chyu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou² tsy³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou² qu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ t͡sʰyː³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-chhu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˋ cu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ cu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˊ chu^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /ho²⁴⁻³³ t͡ʃʰu¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hǎu-chṳ̿
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xau²¹ t͡sʰy³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ho³ cy⁴ [Phonetic: ho⁵ cy⁴]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: heô-chṳ̍
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰy⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ho³ cy⁴ [Phonetic: ho⁵ cy⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho³³²⁻²¹ t͡sʰy⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-chhù
  - Tâi-lô: hó-tshù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoyzhux
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-chhìr
  - Tâi-lô: hó-tshìr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-chhì
  - Tâi-lô: hó-tshì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoychix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰi²¹/
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó--chhù
  - Tâi-lô: hó--tshù
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ho² cu³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hó tshù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰu²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵hau-tshy₅
  - MiniDict: hau^去 tshy^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²hau-tshr₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hɔ³³ t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

好處

advantage; good point; benefit
對身體有好處／对身体有好处 ― duì shēntǐ yǒu hǎochù ― to be good for one's health
gain; profit

Synonyms

(advantage):

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利益 (lìyì)
實利 / 实利 (shílì)
惠 (huì) (literary, or in compounds)
收益 (shōuyì)
甜頭 / 甜头 (Jin)
益處 / 益处 (yìchù)
肥 (féi) (usually derogatory)
補 / 补 (bǔ) (literary, or in compounds)
補益 / 补益 (bǔyì)
裨益 (bìyì)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎochǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄔㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² cyu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎochǔ [Phonetic: háochǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄔㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎochǔ
  - Wade–Giles: hao³-chʻu³
  - Yale: hǎu-chǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haochuu
  - Palladius: хаочу (xaoču)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou² cyu²
  - Yale: hóu chyú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou² tsy²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou² qu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ t͡sʰyː³⁵/

Adjective

好處

(obsolete) to be easy to deal with; to be easy to manage
to be easy to get along with

References

“Entry #22083”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.