好不

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	not; no
trad. (好不)		好	不
simp. #(好不)		好	不
anagram		不好

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎobù

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² bat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎobù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎobù
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-pu⁴
    • Yale: hǎu-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haobu
    • Palladius: хаобу (xaobu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² bat¹
    • Yale: hóu bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵/

Adverb

好不

1. very

   場面好不熱鬧／场面好不热闹  ―  chǎngmiàn hǎobù rènao  ―  the scene is very lively

   • 1976 revised / 1955–56, 金庸, chapter 2, in 書劍恩仇錄, 明河社, page 57:

     [李沅芷] 只看得眉飛色舞，好不有興。 [MSC, trad.]
     [李沅芷] 只看得眉飞色舞，好不有兴。 [MSC, simp.]

     [Lǐ Yuánzhǐ] zhǐ kàn de méifēisèwǔ, hǎobù yǒu xìng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 平靜臉孔映著繽紛色彩　讓人好不疼愛 [MSC, trad.]
     平静脸孔映着缤纷色彩　让人好不疼爱 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1996, 伍佰, Last Dance

     píngjìng liǎnkǒng yìng zhe bīnfēn sècǎi, ràng rén hǎobù téng'ài [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 好,‎ 不 – very not

Derived terms

• 好不容易 (hǎobùróngyì)
• 好不痛快
• 好不自在