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

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

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.
behaving oneself

Adjective

好好

very good; very well
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

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

(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