好冇

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	not have (dialectal)
trad. (好冇)		好	冇
simp. ^#(好冇)		好	冇

Etymology 1

Contraction of 好唔好.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² mou²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou² mou²
  - Yale: hóu móu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou² mou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou² mou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ mou̯³⁵/

Phrase

好冇

(Cantonese) is it good?

Related terms

冇

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² mou⁵

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou² mou⁵
  - Yale: hóu móuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou² mou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou² mou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ mou̯¹³/

Adverb

好冇

(Cantonese) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 好,‎ 冇. extremely not
佢好冇公德心。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
keoi⁵ hou² mou⁵ gung¹ dak¹ sam¹. [Jyutping]
He is very inconsiderate to others.

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