好彩

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	(bright) color; variety; applause (bright) color; 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
Min Nan (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 Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-chhói
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho` coi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ coi³
  - Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ t͡sʰoi̯³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: hau³ coi³
  - Sinological IPA: /hau³¹ t͡sʰoɪ³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-chhái
  - Tâi-lô: hó-tshái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoyzhae
  - IPA (Singapore): /ho⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡sʰai⁴²/

Adverb

好彩

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

Synonyms

Synonyms of 好彩

佳哉 (Min Nan)
好代得 (Min Nan)
好佳哉 (Min Nan)
好值得 (Min Nan)
好在 (hǎozài)
好彩 (Cantonese, Hakka)
好得 (Hakka, Min Nan)
好是 (hǎoshì) (formal)
好路 (Min Nan)

幸好 (xìnghǎo)
幸而 (xìng'ér)
造化 (Min Dong)
多虧／多亏 (duōkuī)
幸虧／幸亏 (xìngkuī)
得虧／得亏 (děikuī) (dialectal)
打幫／打帮 (Hakka)
虧／亏 (kuī)
虧得／亏得 (kuīde)

Noun

好彩

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

Synonyms

(good luck):

Synonyms of 好彩

福 (fú) (literary, or in compounds)
福分 (fúfèn)
福祉 (fúzhǐ) (literary)
福祚 (fúzuò) (literary)
造化 (zàohua)
好字運／好字运 (Min Nan)

好運／好运 (hǎoyùn)
幸運／幸运 (xìngyùn)
機緣／机缘 (jīyuán)
福氣／福气 (fúqi)
福澤／福泽 (fúzé)
福運／福运 (Min Nan)

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