要好

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	good; well; be fond of
trad. (要好)		要	好
simp. #(要好)		要	好

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàohǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ hou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàu-hó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàohǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàohǎo
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴-hao³
    • Yale: yàu-hǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawhao
    • Palladius: яохао (jaoxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàohǎor
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄠˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàohǎor
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴-hao³-ʼrh
    • Yale: yàu-hǎur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawhaol
    • Palladius: яохаор (jaoxaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ xaʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu³ hou²
    • Yale: yiu hóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ hou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ hou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ hou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-hó
    • Tâi-lô: iàu-hó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iao'hoir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ho⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ ho⁵³/

Adjective

要好

1. on friendly terms; close; intimate

   莊阿勝與美瑤是一對感情非常要好的夫妻。結婚兩年多來，兩人互相依偎的身影幾乎形影不離。 [MSC, trad.]
   庄阿胜与美瑶是一对感情非常要好的夫妻。结婚两年多来，两人互相依偎的身影几乎形影不离。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhuāng'āshèng yǔ měiyáo shì yī duì gǎnqíng fēicháng yàohǎo de fūqī. Jiéhūn liǎng nián duō lái, liǎng rén hùxiàng yīwēi de shēnyǐng jǐhū xíngyǐngbùlí. [Pinyin]

   Zhuang A-Sheng and Meiyao are a pair of intimate lovers. In the two years that they've been married, they've been an inseparable pair.

2. eager to improve oneself; conscientious