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好事

好事

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (好事)		好	事

Noun

好事

good thing
這不是好事嗎？ / 这不是好事吗？ ― Zhè bùshì hǎoshì ma? ― Isn't this a good thing?
happy event; joyous occasion (e.g. a wedding, marriage, etc.)
good deed; charitable act
Buddhist ceremony
(colloquial) bad thing
看你做的好事！ ― Kàn nǐ zuò de hǎoshì! ― Look at what you've done!

Pronunciation

Adjective

好事

meddlesome; officious

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): hǎoshì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² si⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hó-sṳ
Min Nan (POJ): hòⁿ-sū / hó-sū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: hǎoshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou² si⁶
  - Yale: hóu sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou² si⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ siː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho` sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ si⁴
  - IPA: /ho³¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòⁿ-sū / hó-sū
  - Tâi-lô: hònn-sū / hó-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hvorsu, hoysu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ̃²¹⁻⁵³ su²²/, /hɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ su⁴¹/, /hɤ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ̃²¹⁻⁵³ su²²/, /hɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ̃¹¹⁻⁵³ su³³/, /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ̃²¹⁻⁴¹ su³³/, /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/

Mandarin

(Pinyin): hàoshì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ㄕˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: hàoshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/