好好先生 in Chinese

IPA: /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ²/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hou̯³⁵ hou̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ²/, /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/, /hou̯³⁵ hou̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: hǎohǎo xiānsheng [Mandarin, Pinyin], hǎohǎo xiānshēng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ˙ㄕㄥ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢㄕㄥ [Mandarin, bopomofo], hou² hou² sin¹ saang¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hǎohǎo xiānsheng [Phonetic:háohǎoxiānsheng] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], hǎohǎo sianshe̊ng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hao³-hao³ hsien¹-shêng⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hǎu-hǎu syān-sheng [Mandarin, Yale], haohao shian.sheng [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хаохао сяньшэн [Mandarin, Palladius], xaoxao sjanʹšɛn [Mandarin, Palladius], hǎohǎo xiānshēng [Phonetic:háohǎoxiānshēng] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], hǎohǎo siansheng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hao³-hao³ hsien¹-shêng¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hǎu-hǎu syān-shēng [Mandarin, Yale], haohao shiansheng [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], hóu hóu sīn sāang [Cantonese, Yale], hou² hou² sin¹ saang¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hou² hou² xin¹ sang¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Literally, "Mister Yes-Yes." Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 好好先生

[Show JSON for post-processed kaikki.org data shown on this page ▼] [Hide JSON for post-processed kaikki.org data shown on this page ▲]

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"Mister Yes-Yes.\"",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "好好先生",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "yes man"
      ],
      "id": "en-好好先生-zh-noun-U7HoLmZj",
      "links": [
        [
          "yes man",
          "yes man"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) yes man"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "gēnpìchóng",
          "word": "跟屁蟲／跟屁虫"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yìngshēngchóng",
          "word": "應聲蟲／应声虫"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gēnpìchóng",
          "word": "跟屁蟲"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gēnpìchóng",
          "word": "跟屁虫"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yìngshēngchóng",
          "word": "應聲蟲"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yìngshēngchóng",
          "word": "应声虫"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎohǎo xiānsheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎohǎo xiānshēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ˙ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² hou² sin¹ saang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎohǎo xiānsheng [Phonetic:háohǎoxiānsheng]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎohǎo sianshe̊ng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hao³-hao³ hsien¹-shêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎu-hǎu syān-sheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haohao shian.sheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хаохао сяньшэн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xaoxao sjanʹšɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ²/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎohǎo xiānshēng [Phonetic:háohǎoxiānshēng]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎohǎo siansheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hao³-hao³ hsien¹-shêng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎu-hǎu syān-shēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haohao shiansheng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hóu hóu sīn sāang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² hou² sin¹ saang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² hou² xin¹ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ hou̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: háohǎoxiānsheng]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: háohǎoxiānshēng]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ hou̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "好好先生"
}

[Show JSON for raw wiktextract data ▼] [Hide JSON for raw wiktextract data ▲]

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"Mister Yes-Yes.\"",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "好好先生",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese nouns",
        "Chinese colloquialisms",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "yes man"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "yes man",
          "yes man"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) yes man"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎohǎo xiānsheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎohǎo xiānshēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ˙ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² hou² sin¹ saang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎohǎo xiānsheng [Phonetic:háohǎoxiānsheng]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎohǎo sianshe̊ng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hao³-hao³ hsien¹-shêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎu-hǎu syān-sheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haohao shian.sheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хаохао сяньшэн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xaoxao sjanʹšɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ²/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎohǎo xiānshēng [Phonetic:háohǎoxiānshēng]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎohǎo siansheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hao³-hao³ hsien¹-shêng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎu-hǎu syān-shēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haohao shiansheng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hóu hóu sīn sāang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² hou² sin¹ saang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² hou² xin¹ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ hou̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: háohǎoxiānsheng]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: háohǎoxiānshēng]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ hou̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "gēnpìchóng",
      "word": "跟屁蟲／跟屁虫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yìngshēngchóng",
      "word": "應聲蟲／应声虫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gēnpìchóng",
      "word": "跟屁蟲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gēnpìchóng",
      "word": "跟屁虫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yìngshēngchóng",
      "word": "應聲蟲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yìngshēngchóng",
      "word": "应声虫"
    }
  ],
  "word": "好好先生"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.

"好好先生" meaning in Chinese

Noun