好好

Chinese

Etymology 1

		good; well; be fond of	good; well; be fond of
trad. (好好)		好	好
simp. #(好好)		好	好

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎohǎo, hǎohāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ, ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² hou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hó-hó
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó-hó
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵hau-hau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎohǎo [Phonetic: háohǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎohǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-hao³
    • Yale: hǎu-hǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haohao
    • Palladius: хаохао (xaoxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎohāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎohao
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-hao¹
    • Yale: hǎu-hāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haohau
    • Palladius: хаохао (xaoxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (好好兒／好好儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎohāor
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎohaor
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-hao¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: hǎu-hāur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haohaul
    • Palladius: хаохаор (xaoxaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² hou²
    • Yale: hóu hóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² hou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² hou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ hou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-hó
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˋ ho^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ ho³
    • Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ ho³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-hó
    • Tâi-lô: hó-hó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'hoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ho⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɤ⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵hau-hau
    • MiniDict: hau^去 hau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²hau-hau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hɔ³³ hɔ⁴⁴/

Adverb

好好

1. all out; to one's heart's content; earnestly; hard (of way of working)

   我會好好努力把我的博士讀完。 [MSC, trad.]
   我会好好努力把我的博士读完。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ huì hǎohǎo nǔlì bǎ wǒ de bóshì dúwán. [Pinyin]

   I will work hard to finish my doctorate.

   讓我再好好兒想想。 [MSC, trad.]
   让我再好好儿想想。 [MSC, simp.]

   Ràng wǒ zài hǎohāor xiǎng xiǎng. [Pinyin]

   Let me think it over again carefully.

   今天不好好工作，明天工作都難保。 [MSC, trad.]
   今天不好好工作，明天工作都难保。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jīntiān bù hǎohǎo gōngzuò, míngtiān gōngzuò dōu nánbǎo. [Pinyin]

   If you don't work hard today, you may not have a job to come back to tomorrow.

2. behaving oneself

Adjective

好好

1. very good; very well
2. in perfectly good condition

Etymology 2

		very	good
trad. (好好)		好	好
simp. #(好好)		好	好

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎo hǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² hou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎo hǎo [Phonetic: háohǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎo hǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hao³ hao³
    • Yale: hǎu hǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hao hao
    • Palladius: хао хао (xao xao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² hou²
    • Yale: hóu hóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² hou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² hou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ hou̯³⁵/

Phrase

好好

1. (chiefly Cantonese) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 好,‎ 好: very good; excellent

   今日天氣好好。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   今日天气好好。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   gam¹ jat⁶ tin¹ hei³ hou² hou². [Jyutping]

   Today's weather is excellent.

   今天天氣好好。／今天天气好好。  ―  Jīntiān tiānqì hǎo hǎo.  ―  Today's weather is so good.

   呢排生意真係好好。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   呢排生意真系好好。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ni¹ paai⁴ saang¹ ji³ zan¹ hai⁶ hou² hou². [Jyutping]

   Business has been booming lately.

   • 1995 or later, “觀賞冬天的星座 (冬の星座を見るゾ)” (6:26 from the start), in Crayon Shin-chan (anime), Taiwanese Mandarin edition, episode 134:

     看完星星以後，我突然覺得心情好好哇。 [MSC, trad.]
     看完星星以后，我突然觉得心情好好哇。 [MSC, simp.]

     Kàn wán xīngxīng yǐhòu, wǒ tūrán juéde xīnqíng hǎo hǎo wa. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • c. 1996, 瓊瑤, 林久愉, 2:05 from the start, in 她們三個, 歸亞蕾 (actor):

     這裡風景好好啊。 [MSC, trad.]
     这里风景好好啊。 [MSC, simp.]

     Zhèlǐ fēngjǐng hǎo hǎo wa. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• 好好先生
• 好好學習，天天向上／好好学习，天天向上