好佳哉

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	fortunately
simp. and trad. (好佳哉)		好	佳哉
variant forms		好嘉哉好佳在

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): hó-kai-chài / hó-ka-chài

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-kai-chài
  - Tâi-lô: hó-kai-tsài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'kaizaix
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡saɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kaɪ³³ t͡saɪ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-ka-chài
  - Tâi-lô: hó-ka-tsài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'kazaix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡saɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡saɪ¹¹/

Adverb

好佳哉

(Min Nan) fortunately; luckily

Synonyms

多虧／多亏 (duōkuī)
虧得／亏得 (kuīde)
幸而 (xìng'ér)
幸好 (xìnghǎo)
幸虧／幸亏 (xìngkuī)
好在 (hǎozài)
(Cantonese, Hakka) 好彩 (hǎocǎi)
(Hakka, Min Nan) 好得
(Min Nan) 好路, 好代得, 佳哉, 好值得

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