"好戲" meaning in Chinese

See 好戲 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hou̯³⁵ hei̯³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹/, /hou̯³⁵ hei̯³³/ Chinese transliterations: hǎoxì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], hou² hei³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hǎoxì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], hǎosì [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hao³-hsi⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hǎu-syì [Mandarin, Yale], haoshih [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хаоси [Mandarin, Palladius], xaosi [Mandarin, Palladius], hóu hei [Cantonese, Yale], hou² hei³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hou² héi³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 好戏
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 好戲
  1. (Cantonese) good at acting Tags: Cantonese
    Sense id: en-好戲-zh-adj-SuIw8cks Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese

Noun

IPA: /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hou̯³⁵ hei̯³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹/, /hou̯³⁵ hei̯³³/ Chinese transliterations: hǎoxì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], hou² hei³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hǎoxì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], hǎosì [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hao³-hsi⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hǎu-syì [Mandarin, Yale], haoshih [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хаоси [Mandarin, Palladius], xaosi [Mandarin, Palladius], hóu hei [Cantonese, Yale], hou² hei³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hou² héi³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 好戏
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 好戲
  1. good play; good drama
    Sense id: en-好戲-zh-noun-i2JmWmNS
  2. (figurative) great fun; best part Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-好戲-zh-noun-dEeU49PW
  3. (used ironically) embarrassment; quarrel
    Sense id: en-好戲-zh-noun-K979JRBs Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 22 4 15 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 5 16 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 5 15 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 好戲還在後頭 (hǎoxì hái zài hòutou), 好戏还在后头 (hǎoxì hái zài hòutou), 拿手好戲, 拿手好戏, 看好戲, 看好戏
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      "roman": "hǎoxì hái zài hòutou",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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          "roman": "Tāmen de biànlùn bǐ wǒ xiǎngxiàng zhōng jīngcǎi, zhēnshì yī chǎng hǎoxì.",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎoxì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² hei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎoxì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎosì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hao³-hsi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎu-syì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haoshih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хаоси"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xaosi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hóu hei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² hei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² héi³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ hei̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ hei̯³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "好戲"
}

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        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎoxì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² hei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎoxì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎosì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hao³-hsi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎu-syì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haoshih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хаоси"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xaosi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hóu hei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² hei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² héi³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ hei̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ hei̯³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "好戲"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "hǎoxì hái zài hòutou",
      "word": "好戲還在後頭"
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      "roman": "hǎoxì hái zài hòutou",
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    },
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      "word": "拿手好戏"
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          "raw_tags": [
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            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Tāmen de biànlùn bǐ wǒ xiǎngxiàng zhōng jīngcǎi, zhēnshì yī chǎng hǎoxì.",
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            "Pinyin"
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          "english": "Their debate was more exciting than I had expected; it really was great fun.",
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            "Simplified Chinese"
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          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
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          "great",
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          "best",
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          "part",
          "part"
        ]
      ],
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        "(figurative) great fun; best part"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "embarrassment; quarrel"
      ],
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          "embarrassment",
          "embarrassment"
        ],
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          "quarrel",
          "quarrel"
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        "(used ironically) embarrassment; quarrel"
      ],
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎoxì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² hei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎoxì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎosì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hao³-hsi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎu-syì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haoshih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хаоси"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xaosi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hóu hei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² hei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² héi³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ hei̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ hei̯³³/"
    }
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  "word": "好戲"
}

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      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧˋ"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hao³-hsi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haoshih"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хаоси"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xaosi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hóu hei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² hei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² héi³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ hei̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ hei̯³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "好戲"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 好戲 meaning in Chinese (4.8kB)

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  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "好戲"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "好戲",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Chinese)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "好戲"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "好戲",
  "trace": ""
}

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