好佳哉

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó-kai-chài / hó-ka-chài

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-kai-chài
  - Tâi-lô: hó-kai-tsài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'kaizaix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kai³³ t͡sai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai²¹/
  - IPA (Singapore): /ho⁴²⁻²⁴ kai⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-ka-chài
  - Tâi-lô: hó-ka-tsài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'kazaix
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai¹¹/
  - IPA (Singapore): /ho⁴²⁻²⁴ ka⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai²¹/

Adverb

好佳哉

(Southern Min) fortunately; luckily

Synonyms

佳哉 (Hokkien)
多虧／多亏 (duōkuī)
好代得 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
好值得 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
好在 (hǎozài)
好彩 (Cantonese, Hakka)
好得 (Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew)
好是 (hǎoshì) (formal)
好路 (Xiamen Hokkien)
幸好 (xìnghǎo)
幸而 (xìng'ér)
幸虧／幸亏 (xìngkuī)
得虧／得亏 (děikuī) (dialectal)
打幫／打帮 (Hakka)
虧／亏 (kuī)
虧得／亏得 (kuīde)
造化 (cô̤-*huá) (Eastern Min)

References

“Entry #2344”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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