美好

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	good; well; be fond of
trad. (美好)		美	好
simp. #(美好)		美	好

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měihǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄏㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ hou²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mî-hó

  (Meixian, Guangdong): mi¹ hau³

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bí-hó

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mui² ho²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měihǎo [Phonetic: méihǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄏㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měihǎo
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-hao³
    • Yale: měi-hǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeihao
    • Palladius: мэйхао (mɛjxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ hou²
    • Yale: méih hóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ hou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ hou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ hou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-hó
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi´ ho`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ ho³
    • Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴ ho³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: mi¹ hau³
    • Sinological IPA: /mi⁴⁴⁻³⁵ hau³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-hó
    • Tâi-lô: bí-hó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: by'hoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ho⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɤ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mui² ho²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: múi hó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mui⁵²⁻³⁵ ho⁵²⁻²¹/

Adjective

美好

1. fine; glorious; happy; good; wonderful

   美好的生活  ―  měihǎo de shēnghuó  ―  beautiful life

   美好的未來／美好的未来  ―  měihǎo de wèilái  ―  fine future

   美好的回憶／美好的回忆  ―  měihǎo de huíyì  ―  glorious memory

   最美好的祝願／最美好的祝愿  ―  zuì měihǎo de zhùyuàn  ―  best wishes

   給孩子一個美好的童年 [MSC, trad.]
   给孩子一个美好的童年 [MSC, simp.]

   gěi háizi yīge měihǎo de tóngnián [Pinyin]

   to give children a happy childhood

   美好時光是那樣的短暫，宛若天空滑過的流星般轉瞬即逝。 [MSC, trad.]
   美好时光是那样的短暂，宛若天空滑过的流星般转瞬即逝。 [MSC, simp.]

   Měihǎo shíguāng shì nàyàng de duǎnzàn, wǎnruò tiānkōng huá guò de liúxīng bān zhuǎnshùnjíshì. [Pinyin]

   Happy times are so short; like a shooting star, they are gone in an instant.

Synonyms

• 亹亹 (wěiwěi) (literary)
• 佼好 (jiǎohǎo) (literary)
• 圓滿／圆满 (yuánmǎn)
• 妙 (miào)
• 妙善 (miàoshàn) (literary)
• 完滿／完满 (wánmǎn)
• 美善 (měishàn) (literary)
• 美妙 (měimiào)
• 美滿／美满 (měimǎn)
• 錦繡／锦绣 (jǐnxiù) (figurative)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 好 (“good”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		好, 良, 善, 佳
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		好, 良好, 美好, 佳
Mandarin	Beijing	好, 強
	Taiwan	好
	Jinan	好, 賽, 強
	Xi'an	好, 嫽
	Wuhan	好, 傲
	Chengdu	好
	Yangzhou	好
	Hefei	好, 㜺
	Singapore	好
Cantonese	Guangzhou	好, 㜺
	Hong Kong	好
	Taishan	好
	Yangjiang	好
	Singapore (Guangfu)	好
Gan	Nanchang	好
Hakka	Meixian	好, 㜺
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	好
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	好
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	好
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	好
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	好
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	好
Jin	Taiyuan	好
Northern Min	Jian'ou	好
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	好
Southern Min	Xiamen	好
	Tainan	好
	Penang (Hokkien)	好
	Singapore (Hokkien)	好
	Manila (Hokkien)	好
	Chaozhou	好
	Singapore (Teochew)	好
	Singapore (Hainanese)	好
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	好
Wu	Shanghai	好, 㜺, 靈, 嗲
	Suzhou	好, 㜺
	Wenzhou	好
Xiang	Changsha	好
	Shuangfeng	好