好人
Chinese
| good | person | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (好人) | 好 | 人 | |
| simp. #(好人) | 好 | 人 | |
| alternative forms | 好儂／好侬 (Min) | ||
Pronunciation
Noun
好人
- good person (of upright character)
- 做好人 ― zuò hǎorén ― to be a good person
- healthy person
- (sometimes derogatory) person who tries to get along with everyone; mediator
- (literary) fair one; beautiful person
- 要之襋之，好人服之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Yāo zhī jí zhī, hǎorén fú zhī. [Pinyin]
- [The maidservant] sews at the waist and the collar, And the fair one [i.e., the mistress] wears it.
Synonyms
- (good person):
Dialectal synonyms of 好人 (“good person”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 好人, 佳人 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 好人 | |
| Mandarin | Taiwan | 好人 |
| Luoyang | 好人 | |
| Xi'an | 好人 | |
| Singapore | 好人 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 好人 |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 好人 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 好人 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 好人 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 好儂 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 好儂 |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 好儂 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 好儂 | |
| Jieyang | 好囝 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 好儂 | |
| Haikou | 好儂 | |
| Singapore (Hainanese) | 好儂 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 好人 |
| Wu | Danyang | 好人 |
| Jinhua | 好人 | |
Descendants
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