還好

Chinese

		pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet	good; well; be fond of
trad. (還好)		還	好
simp. (还好)		还	好

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): háihǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˊ ㄏㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁴ hou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: háihǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˊ ㄏㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: háihǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hai²-hao³
    • Yale: hái-hǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hairhao
    • Palladius: хайхао (xajxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan⁴ hou²
    • Yale: wàahn hóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁴ hou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁴ hou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²¹ hou̯³⁵/

Adjective

還好

1. not bad; quite OK; passable
2. fortunate; lucky

Synonyms

• (not bad):

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• 一般 (yībān)
• 不大離 / 不大离 (bùdàlí) (regional)
• 勉強 / 勉强
• 巴巴結結 / 巴巴结结 (bāba-jiējiē) (regional)
• 平常 (píngcháng) (euphemistic)
• 湊合 / 凑合 (colloquial)
• 說得過去 / 说得过去 (shuōdeguòqù)
• 過得去 / 过得去 (guòdeqù)
• 還可以 / 还可以 (háikěyǐ)
• 馬馬虎虎 / 马马虎虎 (mǎmǎhūhū)

 

Adverb

還好

1. fortunately; luckily

   還好不是x／还好不是x  ―  háihǎo bùshì x  ―  at least it's not x