相好

Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	good; well; be fond of
trad. (相好)		相	好
simp. #(相好)		相	好
alternative forms		上好 Min Nan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānghǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄏㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ hou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siông-hó
• Eastern Min (BUC): sŏng-hō̤
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siong-hó / siang-hó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānghǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄏㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianghǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-hao³
    • Yale: syāng-hǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianghao
    • Palladius: сянхао (sjanxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ hou²
    • Yale: sēung hóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ hou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ hou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ hou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-hó
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiong´ ho`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiong¹ ho³
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ²⁴ ho³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sŏng-hō̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /souŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ŋo³³/

Note: mistress.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-hó
    • Tâi-lô: siong-hó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sionghoir
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /siɔŋ³³ ho⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ho⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-hó
    • Tâi-lô: siang-hó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sianghoir
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ho⁵³/

Verb

相好

1. to be on intimate terms
2. to have an affair

Noun

相好

1. intimate friend
2. lover; mistress

Synonyms

• (intimate friend):

• 上好 (Min Nan)
• 伴侶／伴侣 (bànlǚ)
• 匹偶 (pǐ'ǒu) (literary)
• 好的 (Philippine Hokkien)
• 妃耦 (pèi'ǒu) (literary)
• 對象／对象 (duìxiàng)
• 對頭／对头
• 搭頭的／搭头的 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 配偶 (pèi'ǒu) (formal)

 

• (mistress): 姘頭／姘头 (pīntóu)