佳哉

Chinese

		excellent	(exclamatory or interrog. part.)
simp. and trad. (佳哉)		佳	哉
alternative forms		加再 皆再 該哉／该哉 介再 該載／该载

Pronunciation

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

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kai-chài
    • Tâi-lô: kai-tsài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaizaix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /kai⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kai³³ t͡sai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kai⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-chài
    • Tâi-lô: ka-tsài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kazaix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-chāi
    • Tâi-lô: ka-tsāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kazai
    • IPA (Longyan): /ka³³⁴ t͡sai⁵⁵/

Adverb

佳哉

1. (Southern Min) fortunately

Synonyms

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• 多虧 / 多亏 (duōkuī)
• 好代得 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 好佳哉 (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

• 郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “佳哉”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 127.