好過

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-
trad. (好過)		好	過
simp. (好过)		好	过

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎoguò

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² gwo³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hó-ko
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó-kòe / hó-kè
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵hau-ku

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎoguò
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎoguò
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-kuo⁴
    • Yale: hǎu-gwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoguoh
    • Palladius: хаого (xaogo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² gwo³
    • Yale: hóu gwo
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² gwo³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² guo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ kʷɔː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-ko
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho` go
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ go⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ ko⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-kòe
    • Tâi-lô: hó-kuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'koex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kue²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-kè
    • Tâi-lô: hó-kè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'kex
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵hau-ku
    • MiniDict: hau^去 ku
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²hau-ku
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hɔ³³ ku⁴⁴/

Adjective

好過

1. well-off and comfortable
2. feeling comfortable; feeling good
3. (Cantonese, used after a predicate) Used to indicate something is better and one might as well do it.

   原來整部電話要咁貴，噉我不如去買過部新機好過。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   原来整部电话要咁贵，噉我不如去买过部新机好过。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jyun⁴ loi⁴ zing² bou⁶ din⁶ waa^6-2 jiu³ gam³ gwai³, gam² ngo⁵ bat¹ jyu⁴ heoi³ maai⁵ gwo³ bou⁶ san¹ gei¹ hou² gwo³. [Jyutping]

   Apparently it is that expensive to fix my phone. I might as well buy a new one.