你好無

Chinese

	hello; hi	not have
trad. (你好無)	你好	無
simp. (你好无)	你好	无
alternative forms	汝好無／汝好无

Etymology

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Particularly: “The greeting is likely a calque of Mandarin 你好嗎 / 你好吗 (nǐ hǎo ma)”

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lí hó--bô / lí hó--bô / lír hó--bô / lú hó--bô

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí hó--bô
  - Tâi-lô: lí hó--bô
- (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí hó--bô
  - Tâi-lô: lí hó--bô
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lír hó--bô
  - Tâi-lô: lír hó--bô
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú hó--bô
  - Tâi-lô: lú hó--bô

Phrase

你好無

(Hokkien, literal) are you OK?
(Hokkien) how are you? (greeting)

Synonyms

你好嗎／你好吗 (nǐ hǎo ma)
汝好勢無／汝好势无 (lí hó-sè--bô? / lír hó-sè--bô? / lú hó-sè--bô?)
汝較好無／汝较好无 (lí khà hó--bô? / lír khà hó--bô? / lú khah hó--bô?)