好

一本好書

jat1 bun2 hou2 syu1

a good book

佢份人真係好！

keoi5 fan6 jan4 zan1 hai6 hou2!

He is such a nice person.

希望你快啲好返啦。

hei1 mong6 nei5 faai3 di1 hou2 faan1 laa1.

I hope you will get well soon.

條友勁好呃，人哋講乜佢都信。

tiu4 jau2 ging6 hou2 aak1, jan4 dei6 gong2 mat1 keoi5 dou1 seon3.

This guy's really gullible (literally: easy to deceive). He believes whatever he's told.

記得摺好枱面啲衫啊。

gei3 dak1 zip3 hou2 toi2 min2 di1 saam1 aa3.

Remember to fold the clothes on the table (well).

好一部份人

hou2 jat1 bou6 fan6 jan4

quite a number of people

呢間屋好細呀。

ni1 gaan1 uk1 hou2 sai3 aa3.

This house is small.

呢個人好煩！

ni1 go3 jan2 hou2 faan4!

This guy is very troublesome.

好！得！夠嘞！

hou2! dak1! gau3 laak3!

OK! Fine! Enough!

#你好

nei5 hou2

hello; hi

好人

good person

你好嗎？

How are you?

真是個好主意！

That's a good idea!

好學唔學，學埋（人）啲衰野

to learn all the bad things from (someone) instead of the good

好，明天見。

OK, see you tomorrow.

好，我們今天就到這裡。

Alright, we will stop here today.

好朋友

good friend

他們對我很好。

They are very kind to me.

就是姊妹弟兄跟前，誰和我好，我就和誰好。

Indeed, just among us brothers and sisters, whoever is kind to me, I'll be kind to them also.

他倆好上了。

They are in a relationship.

我就要好了。

I'll be ready very soon.

這水龍頭好擰。

This tap turns easily.

這事兒不好辦。

This matter is not easy to deal with.

把東西收拾乾淨，我好打掃房間。

Put stuff away so that I can clean the room.

他們用鏡子反射陽光，好讓救援飛機發現。

They used a mirror to reflect sunlight and help the search-and-rescue aircraft find them.

佢病咗幾個月都仲未好。

He's been sick for several months and still hasn't recovered.

好返

to get better; to recover; to heal

我好興奮啊！

I'm so excited!

好幾天

quite a few days

我個中文老師好好人㗎！

My Chinese teacher is a very nice person!

我唔係好鍾意你噉做。

I don't really like you doing it that way.

潮州話好好學。潮州話好惡學。

Teochew is very easy to learn. Teochew is very hard to learn.

好吃

delicious

好用

a joy to use

好聽

pleasant-sounding

呢把刀幾好使。

This knife is pretty good to use.

記得帶好雨具！

Remember to bring along rain gear! / Make sure your rain gear is on you!

聽好了！

Now listen carefully!

食好瞓好

eat well and sleep well

做好功課

to do one's homework (as one should)

作業做好了嗎？

Have you finished your homework?

你好

hello

大家好

hello, everyone

老師好

hello, teacher

問好

say hello

替我給你媽帶個好兒。

Say hi for me to your mom.

好一朵美麗的茉莉花。

What a beautiful jasmine.

我好進來嗎？

Can I come in?

噉都好拗？

You are really arguing about this?

十二點喇，好去瞓覺喇。

It's twelve now. You should go to bed.

雅爸都劝讲阿花明年好嫁

My dad advised that Fa should get married next year.

好久

How long

好多

How much

3道、調兩，信號好

Track 3, Switcher 2, Signal is cleared

好學不倦

to like to learn without feeling tired

餃子多香啊！我就好這麼一口兒！

The dumplings smell so delicious! I indeed like this!

汝講這句話我好聽。

I love to hear you say that.

耶穌教訓衆人之時又話、提防個的讀書人呀、佢地好著長衫行遊、歡喜喺市上人地請佢安

And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces

世人哪，耶和華已指示你何為善。他向你所要的是甚麼呢？只要你行公義，好憐憫，存謙卑的心，與你的神同行。

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

儂好流利個講上海閒話𠲎？

Can you speak Shanghainese fluently?

弗認得路末倷弗好問訊個？

Could you not just ask if you don't know the way?

弗是說歇，倷敲門之後我要是弗答應，倷是弗好進來個嗎？

Have I not said before that if I don't respond after you knock, you cannot enter?

～人

～野

～命

～食

～聽

～睇

沙發椅～坐過木椅

呢啲餅～好食

這些點心很好吃

呢隻花布～靚噃

這種花布挺漂亮的啊

我～中意睇大戲

～耐

～多

～朋友

佢同隔籬鄰舍都幾～㗎

佢兩個家下好～喎

他們二人現在挺要好哪

你幾～吖嗎？

佢嘅病～咗未啊？

～唔～啲啊？

好些了嗎

做～未啊？

着～衫至出去噃

閂～個紗窗喎

執～啲書

把書本收拾好

～行啊

您走好

～喇、～喇，就噉喇

好吧，就這樣吧

～喇，唔使再講嘞

～去食飯嘞

該去吃飯了

～瞓覺喇

該睡覺了

咁夜嘞，～收檔咯噃

這麼晚了，該收攤兒啦

啲碗要綁實至～拎

冇耳茶杯唔～用嘅

呢枝筆唔～寫嘅

～牙烟

很危险

～得意

很可爱

～冻。

很冷

～食饭咯

该吃饭了

～行喇。

该走了

～人

美～。

～睇

好看

～玩儿～食

挺好吃

～听

～耐。

很久

友～

和～。

安～

问～。

办～手续

饭未煮～。

饭还没煮好

～，再嚟一个

好，再来一个

～，一于噉话。

好，就这样说定了

呢个问题～解决。

这个问题容易解决

～行，唔送。另见 hào（276 页）。

好走，不送了

今日～热

今天很热

～好

～靓

很漂亮

～紧要。

很要紧

～去啰噃

该去了

～瞓喇。

该睡了