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

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• 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

1. good play; good drama
2. (figurative) great fun; best part
3. (used ironically) embarrassment; quarrel

Derived terms

• 好戲還在後頭／好戏还在后头 (hǎoxì hái zài hòutou)
• 拿手好戲／拿手好戏
• 看好戲／看好戏

 

Adjective

好戲

1. (Cantonese) good at acting