好看無好食

Chinese

		good-looking; beautiful; pretty good-looking; beautiful; pretty; interesting; good; worth seeing; worth reading	not have	delicious; delectable; tasty delicious; delectable; tasty; scrumptious; yummy
trad. (好看無好食)		好看	無	好食
simp. (好看无好食)		好看	无	好食
Literally: “good-looking but inedible”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó-khòaⁿ bô hó-chia̍h

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-khòaⁿ bô hó-chia̍h
    • Tâi-lô: hó-khuànn bô hó-tsia̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'qvoax booi hoyciah
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ bo²⁴⁻²² ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bo²⁴⁻²² ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siaʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ bo¹³⁻²² ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ bɤ²³⁻³³ hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaʔ⁴/

Phrase

好看無好食

1. (Hokkien) superficially excellent but actually worthless (useless, etc.)

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 好睇唔好食

See also

• 外強中乾／外强中干 (wàiqiángzhōnggān)