好佳哉

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	fortunately
trad. (好佳哉)		好	佳哉
simp. #(好佳哉)		好	佳哉
alternative forms		好嘉哉 好佳在

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó-kai-chài / hó-ka-chài

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-kai-chài
    • Tâi-lô: hó-kai-tsài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'kaizaix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kai³³ t͡sai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai²¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /ho⁴²⁻²⁴ kai⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-ka-chài
    • Tâi-lô: hó-ka-tsài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'kazaix
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai¹¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /ho⁴²⁻²⁴ ka⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai²¹/

Adverb

好佳哉

1. (Southern Min) fortunately; luckily

Synonyms

• 佳哉 (Hokkien)
• 多虧／多亏 (duōkuī)
• 好代得 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 好值得 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 好在 (hǎozài)
• 好彩 (Cantonese, Hakka)
• 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)

 

References

• “Entry #2344”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.