"好來好去" meaning in Chinese

See 好來好去 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /hou̯³⁵ lɐi̯²¹ hou̯³⁵ hɵy̯³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hou̯³⁵ lei̯²¹ hou̯³⁵ hɵy̯³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ho⁴⁵³⁻¹³ lai¹³ ho⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^((kʰ-))y⁴²/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /ho³³²⁻⁵⁵ lai²⁴ ho³³²⁻²¹ ^((kʰ-))y⁴²/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/, /hou̯³⁵ lɐi̯²¹ hou̯³⁵ hɵy̯³³/, /hou̯³⁵ lei̯²¹ hou̯³⁵ hɵy̯³³/, /ho⁴⁵³⁻¹³ lai¹³ ho⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^((kʰ-))y⁴²/, /ho³³²⁻⁵⁵ lai²⁴ ho³³²⁻²¹ ^((kʰ-))y⁴²/ Chinese transliterations: hǎoláihǎoqù [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄠˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄏㄠˇ ㄑㄩˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], hou² lai⁴ hou² heoi³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hou² lei⁴ hou² heoi³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ho³ lai² ho³ ky⁴ [Puxian-Min], hǎoláihǎoqù [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄏㄠˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄏㄠˇ ㄑㄩˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], hǎoláihǎocyù [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], hao³-lai²-hao³-chʻü⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], hǎu-lái-hǎu-chyù [Mandarin, Yale, standard], haolaihaochiuh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], хаолайхаоцюй [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], xaolajxaocjuj [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], hóu làih hóu heui [Cantonese, Yale], hóu lèih hóu heui [Cantonese, Yale], hou² lai⁴ hou² hoey³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hou² lei⁴ hou² hoey³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hou² lei⁴ hou² hêu³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], hou² léi⁴ hou² hêu³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ho³ lai² ho³ ky⁴ [Phonetic:ho² lai² ho⁵ y⁴] [Puxian-Min], heô-lái-heô-kṳ̍ [Puxian-Min], ho³ lai² ho³ ky⁴ [Phonetic:ho¹ lai² ho⁵ y⁴] [Puxian-Min] Forms: 好来好去, 好嚟好去
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 好來好去
  1. (now chiefly Cantonese) to begin well and end well Tags: Cantonese, idiomatic Synonyms (to begin well and end well): 善始善終, 善始善终
    Sense id: en-好來好去-zh-phrase-iwpUiHPe Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese Disambiguation of 'to begin well and end well': 98 2
  2. (Puxian Min) those who got together happily should also break up happily; to part without hard feelings Tags: Puxian-Min, idiomatic Synonyms (to part without hard feelings): 好聚好散 (hǎojùhǎosàn)
    Sense id: en-好來好去-zh-phrase-yEpEjukx Categories (other): Puxian Min Chinese, Chinese chengyu, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese chengyu: 3 97 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of 'to part without hard feelings': 1 99
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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        [
          "break up",
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        [
          "part",
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        [
          "hard feelings",
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        "(Puxian Min) those who got together happily should also break up happily; to part without hard feelings"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "roman": "hǎojùhǎosàn",
          "sense": "to part without hard feelings",
          "word": "好聚好散"
        }
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        "Puxian-Min",
        "idiomatic"
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  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎoláihǎoqù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄠˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄏㄠˇ ㄑㄩˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² lai⁴ hou² heoi³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² lei⁴ hou² heoi³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho³ lai² ho³ ky⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎoláihǎoqù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄠˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄏㄠˇ ㄑㄩˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎoláihǎocyù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hao³-lai²-hao³-chʻü⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎu-lái-hǎu-chyù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haolaihaochiuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хаолайхаоцюй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xaolajxaocjuj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hóu làih hóu heui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hóu lèih hóu heui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² lai⁴ hou² hoey³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² lei⁴ hou² hoey³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² lei⁴ hou² hêu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² léi⁴ hou² hêu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ lɐi̯²¹ hou̯³⁵ hɵy̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ lei̯²¹ hou̯³⁵ hɵy̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho³ lai² ho³ ky⁴ [Phonetic:ho² lai² ho⁵ y⁴]"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hinghwa-Romanized",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heô-lái-heô-kṳ̍"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho⁴⁵³⁻¹³ lai¹³ ho⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^((kʰ-))y⁴²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing",
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho³ lai² ho³ ky⁴ [Phonetic:ho¹ lai² ho⁵ y⁴]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho³³²⁻⁵⁵ lai²⁴ ho³³²⁻²¹ ^((kʰ-))y⁴²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ lɐi̯²¹ hou̯³⁵ hɵy̯³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ lei̯²¹ hou̯³⁵ hɵy̯³³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: ho² lai² ho⁵ y⁴]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho⁴⁵³⁻¹³ lai¹³ ho⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^((kʰ-))y⁴²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: ho¹ lai² ho⁵ y⁴]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho³³²⁻⁵⁵ lai²⁴ ho³³²⁻²¹ ^((kʰ-))y⁴²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "好來好去"
}
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² lai⁴ hou² heoi³"
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² lei⁴ hou² heoi³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
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        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho³ lai² ho³ ky⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎoláihǎoqù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄠˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄏㄠˇ ㄑㄩˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎoláihǎocyù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hao³-lai²-hao³-chʻü⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎu-lái-hǎu-chyù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haolaihaochiuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хаолайхаоцюй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xaolajxaocjuj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hóu làih hóu heui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hóu lèih hóu heui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² lai⁴ hou² hoey³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² lei⁴ hou² hoey³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² lei⁴ hou² hêu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² léi⁴ hou² hêu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ lɐi̯²¹ hou̯³⁵ hɵy̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ lei̯²¹ hou̯³⁵ hɵy̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho³ lai² ho³ ky⁴ [Phonetic:ho² lai² ho⁵ y⁴]"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hinghwa-Romanized",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heô-lái-heô-kṳ̍"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho⁴⁵³⁻¹³ lai¹³ ho⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^((kʰ-))y⁴²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing",
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho³ lai² ho³ ky⁴ [Phonetic:ho¹ lai² ho⁵ y⁴]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho³³²⁻⁵⁵ lai²⁴ ho³³²⁻²¹ ^((kʰ-))y⁴²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ lɐi̯²¹ hou̯³⁵ hɵy̯³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ lei̯²¹ hou̯³⁵ hɵy̯³³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: ho² lai² ho⁵ y⁴]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho⁴⁵³⁻¹³ lai¹³ ho⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^((kʰ-))y⁴²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: ho¹ lai² ho⁵ y⁴]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho³³²⁻⁵⁵ lai²⁴ ho³³²⁻²¹ ^((kʰ-))y⁴²/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to begin well and end well",
      "word": "善始善終"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to begin well and end well",
      "word": "善始善终"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hǎojùhǎosàn",
      "sense": "to part without hard feelings",
      "word": "好聚好散"
    }
  ],
  "word": "好來好去"
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "好來好去"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "好來好去",
  "trace": ""
}

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