好聽

See also: 好听

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	let; allow; listen let; allow; listen; hear; obey
trad. (好聽)		好	聽
simp. (好听)		好	听

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎotīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² teng¹ / hou² ting¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hó-thâng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hó-thiaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ho² tian¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎotīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎoting
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-tʻing¹
    • Yale: hǎu-tīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoting
    • Palladius: хаотин (xaotin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² teng¹ / hou² ting¹
    • Yale: hóu tēng / hóu tīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² teng¹ / hou² ting¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² téng¹ / hou² ting¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ tʰɛːŋ⁵⁵/, /hou̯³⁵ tʰɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-thâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˋ tang^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ tang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ tʰaŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-thiaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hó-thiann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'tviaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiã³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiã⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ho² tian¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hó thiaⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰĩã³³/

Adjective

好聽

1. pleasant-sounding; nice to the ears; euphonious

   他是有文化的人，說的話非常好聽。 [MSC, trad.]
   他是有文化的人，说的话非常好听。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā shì yǒu wénhuà de rén, shuō de huà fēicháng hǎotīng. [Pinyin]

   He's well-educated, and speaks very smoothly.

   這位歌手唱的歌很好聽！ [MSC, trad.]
   这位歌手唱的歌很好听！ [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè wèi gēshǒu chàng de gē hěn hǎotīng! [Pinyin]

   The songs this singer sings are fantastic!

   我中文名唔好聽。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我中文名唔好听。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ zung¹ man^4-2 meng^4-2 m⁴ hou² teng¹. [Jyutping]

   My Chinese name sounds terrible.

   講得好聽就[…]，講得唔好聽就[…] [Cantonese, trad.]
   讲得好听就[…]，讲得唔好听就[…] [Cantonese, simp.]

   gong² dak¹ hou² teng¹ zau⁶ […], gong² dak¹ m⁴ hou² teng¹ zau⁶ […] [Jyutping]

   to word it nicely […] ; to word it not-so-nicely […]

2. honorable; decent

Synonyms

• (pleasant-sounding):

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• 動聽 / 动听 (dòngtīng)
• 婉轉 / 婉转 (wǎnzhuǎn)
• 悅耳 / 悦耳 (yuè'ěr)

 

• (honorable):

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• 光彩 (guāngcǎi)
• 光榮 / 光荣 (guāngróng)
• 光耀 (guāngyào)
• 名譽 / 名誉 (míngyù)
• 榮光 / 荣光 (róngguāng)
• 榮耀 / 荣耀 (róngyào)
• 風光 / 风光 (fēngguang) (figurative, colloquial)
• 體面 / 体面 (tǐmiàn)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “pleasant-sounding”): 難聽／难听 (nántīng)
• (antonym(s) of “honorable”):

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• 不名譽 / 不名誉 (bùmíngyù)