好空

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (好空)		好	空
simp. #(好空)		好	空
alternative forms		好康 好孔

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó-khang

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-khang
    • Tâi-lô: hó-khang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'qafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰaŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

好空

1. (Southern Min) good opportunity, thing or news; good stuff; benefit

   • 聽人講啥咪好康的攏底這 [Hokkien, trad.]
     听人讲啥咪好康的拢底这 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1990, 林強 (Lim Giong), 《向前走》 (Marching Forward)

     thiaⁿ lâng kóng siáⁿ-mih hó-khang--ê lóng tī chia [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     I've heard others say that the good things are all here

   • 好空仔盡量拼歹空仔走代先 [Hokkien, trad.]
     好空仔尽量拼歹空仔走代先 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1996, 張雨生 (Chang Yu-sheng), 《去香港看看》

     hó-khang--ê chīn-liāng piàⁿ pháiⁿ-khang--ê cháu tāi-seng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 聽人講啥咪好康的攏底這有真正甘有影 [Hokkien, trad.]
     听人讲啥咪好康的拢底这有真正甘有影 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2015, 謝和弦 (R-chord), 《台北台北》 (Taipei Taipei)

     thiaⁿ lâng kóng siáⁿ咪 hó-khang ê lóng té che iú-chin-chiàⁿ kam-iú-éng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Antonyms

• 歹空

Adjective

好空

1. (Southern Min) rich; wealthy

References

• “Entry #2339”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.