"要好" meaning in Chinese

See 要好 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ xaʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jiːu̯³³ hou̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ho⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /iau²¹⁻⁵³ ho⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ xaʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /jiːu̯³³ hou̯³⁵/, /iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ho⁵⁵⁴/, /iau²¹⁻⁵³ ho⁵³/ Chinese transliterations: yàohǎo [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄠˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jiu³ hou² [Cantonese, Jyutping], iàu-hó, yàohǎo [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yàohǎo [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yao⁴-hao³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yàu-hǎu [Mandarin, Yale], yawhao [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], яохао [Mandarin, Palladius], jaoxao [Mandarin, Palladius], yàohǎor [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄠˇㄦ [Mandarin, bopomofo], yàohǎor [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yao⁴-hao³-ʼrh [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yàu-hǎur [Mandarin, Yale], yawhaol [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], яохаор [Mandarin, Palladius], jaoxaor [Mandarin, Palladius], yiu hóu [Cantonese, Yale], jiu³ hou² [Cantonese, Pinyin], yiu³ hou² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], iàu-hó [Hokkien, POJ], iàu-hó [Hokkien, Tai-lo], iao'hoir [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 要好
  1. on friendly terms; close; intimate
    Sense id: en-要好-zh-adj-t4pG6oUI
  2. eager to improve oneself; conscientious
    Sense id: en-要好-zh-adj-nvIJyYJS Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Intermediate Mandarin Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 33 67

Download JSON data for 要好 meaning in Chinese (3.7kB)

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          "english": "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.",
          "ref": "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.]",
          "text": "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.]\nZhuāng'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]",
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      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄠˇ"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu³ hou²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "iàu-hó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàohǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàohǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao⁴-hao³"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàu-hǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yawhao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "яохао"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jaoxao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàohǎor"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄠˇㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàohǎor"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao⁴-hao³-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàu-hǎur"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yawhaol"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "яохаор"
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "jaoxaor"
    },
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      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ xaʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu hóu"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu³ hou²"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu³ hou²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯³³ hou̯³⁵/",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iàu-hó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iàu-hó"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iao'hoir"
    },
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      "ipa": "/iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ho⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
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    {
      "ipa": "/iau²¹⁻⁵³ ho⁵³/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ xaʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯³³ hou̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ho⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau²¹⁻⁵³ ho⁵³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "要好"
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          "text": "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.]\nZhuāng'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]",
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "yàohǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao⁴-hao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàu-hǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yawhao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "яохао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jaoxao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "yàohǎor"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄠˇㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàohǎor"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao⁴-hao³-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàu-hǎur"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yawhaol"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "яохаор"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jaoxaor"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ xaʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu hóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu³ hou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu³ hou²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯³³ hou̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iàu-hó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iàu-hó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iao'hoir"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ho⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau²¹⁻⁵³ ho⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ xaʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯³³ hou̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ho⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau²¹⁻⁵³ ho⁵³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "要好"
}

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