好喝

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	to drink; to shout; to shout applause
trad. (好喝)		好	喝
simp. #(好喝)		好	喝
Literally: “good to drink”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎohē

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² hot³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎohē
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎohe
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-ho¹
    • Yale: hǎu-hē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haohe
    • Palladius: хаохэ (xaoxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² hot³
    • Yale: hóu hot
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² hot⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² hod³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ hɔːt̚³/

Adjective

好喝

1. (of drinks) tasty; delicious

Usage notes

In Standard Chinese, 好吃 (hǎochī) must always be used for food, while 好喝 (hǎohē) should be used for drinks, whereas tasty or delicious would be used for both in English.

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 好飲／好饮 (hou2 jam2)
• (Hokkien) 好啉 (hó-lim)

See also

• 好吃 (hǎochī) (for food)