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好彩

好彩

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Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	(bright) colour; variety; applause (bright) colour; variety; applause; applaud; (lottery) prize
trad. (好彩)		好	彩
simp. ^#(好彩)		好	彩
alternative forms		好采

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎocǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄘㄞˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hou² coi²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): hau² toi²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hó-chhói

(Meixian, Guangdong): hau³ coi³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó-chhái

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎocǎi [Phonetic: háocǎi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄘㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎocǎi
  - Wade–Giles: hao³-tsʻai³
  - Yale: hǎu-tsǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haotsae
  - Palladius: хаоцай (xaocaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou² coi²
  - Yale: hóu chói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou² tsoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou² coi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: hau² toi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau⁵⁵ tʰᵘɔi⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-chhói
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˋ coi^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ coi³
  - Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ t͡sʰoi̯³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: hau³ coi³
  - Sinological IPA: /hau³¹ t͡sʰoɪ³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-chhái
  - Tâi-lô: hó-tshái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoyzhae
  - IPA (Singapore): /ho⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡sʰai⁴²/

Adverb

好彩

(Cantonese, Hakka, Singapore Hokkien and Malaysian Mandarin) luckily; fortunately
好彩冇事啫。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
hou² coi² mou⁵ si⁶ ze¹. [Jyutping]
You're (they're) lucky that nothing happened to you (them).

好彩我昨天已經打油了。 [Malaysian Mandarin, trad.]
好彩我昨天已经打油了。 [Malaysian Mandarin, simp.]
Hǎocǎi wǒ zuótiān yǐjīng dǎyóu le. [Pinyin]
Fortunately, I fueled the car up yesterday.

Synonyms

佳哉 (Hokkien)
多虧／多亏 (duōkuī)
好代得 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
好佳哉 (Hokkien)
好值得 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
好在 (hǎozài)
好得 (Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew)
好是 (hǎoshì) (formal)
好路 (Xiamen Hokkien)
幸好 (xìnghǎo)
幸而 (xìng'ér)
幸虧／幸亏 (xìngkuī)
得虧／得亏 (děikuī) (dialectal)
打幫／打帮 (Hakka)
虧／亏 (kuī)
虧得／亏得 (kuīde)
造化 (cô̤-*huá) (Eastern Min)

Noun

好彩

(obsolete) good luck in gambling
(obsolete or Cantonese, Hakka and Singapore Hokkien) good luck; good fortune

Synonyms

(good luck):

好字運／好字运 (Hokkien)
好運／好运 (hǎoyùn)
幸運／幸运 (xìngyùn)
機緣／机缘 (jīyuán)
福 (literary, or in compounds)
福分 (fúfèn)
福氣／福气
福澤／福泽 (fúzé)
福祉 (fúzhǐ) (literary)
福祚 (fúzuò) (literary)
福運／福运 (Hokkien)
造化 (zàohua)