好心著雷劈

Chinese

		goodheartedness; kindness; goodhearted goodheartedness; kindness; goodhearted; kind	particle indicating the successful result of a verb; to touch; to come in contact with particle indicating the successful result of a verb; to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to fall asleep; to burn; particle attached after verb to indicate action in progress, like ‑ing ending; to make known; to show; to prove; to write; book; outstanding; to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply; catch; receive; suffer	thunder	split in two; divide; hack split in two; divide; hack; chop; split open
trad. (好心著雷劈/好心着雷劈)		好心	著/着	雷	劈
simp. (好心着雷劈)		好心	着	雷	劈

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² sam¹ zoek⁶ leoi⁴ pek³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² sam¹ zoek⁶ leoi⁴ pek³
    • Yale: hóu sām jeuhk lèuih pek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² sam¹ dzoek⁹ loey⁴ pek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² sem¹ zêg⁶ lêu⁴ pég³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sœːk̚² lɵy̯²¹ pʰɛːk̚³/

Proverb

好心著雷劈

1. (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) no good deed goes unpunished; those who help often end up being resented by those whom they help

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 好心沒好報 (“no good deed goes unpunished”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		好心沒好報, 好心沒好意, 好心不得好報
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	好心沒好報
	Singapore	好心沒好報
Cantonese	Guangzhou	好心唔得好報, 好心著雷劈, 好心冇好報，好頭帶爛帽
	Hong Kong	好心冇好報, 好心著雷劈
Hakka	Meixian	好心無好報, 好心著雷打
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	好心著雷劈, 好心冇好報，好柴燒爛灶
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	好心著雷打
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	好心著雷打
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	好心著雷打
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	好心著雷打
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	好心著雷打
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	好心得雷打
Southern Min	Xiamen	好心予雷舂, 好心予雷唚, 好心予雷拍死
	Quanzhou	好心予雷舂
	Zhangzhou	好心予雷舂
	Tainan	好心予雷舂, 好心予雷唚
	Leizhou	好心無好報