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美好

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Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	good; well; be fond of
trad. (美好)		美	好
simp. ^#(美好)		美	好

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měihǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄏㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ hou²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): mî-hó

(Meixian, Guangdong): mi¹ hau³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bí-hó

(Teochew, Peng'im): mui² ho²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: měihǎo [Phonetic: méihǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄏㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: měihǎo
  - Wade–Giles: mei³-hao³
  - Yale: měi-hǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeihao
  - Palladius: мэйхао (mɛjxao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ hou²
  - Yale: méih hóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ hou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ hou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ hou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-hó
  - Hakka Romanization System: mi^ˊ ho^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ ho³
  - Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴ ho³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: mi¹ hau³
  - Sinological IPA: /mi⁴⁴⁻³⁵ hau³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-hó
  - Tâi-lô: bí-hó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: by'hoir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ho⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɤ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mui² ho²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: múi hó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mui⁵²⁻³⁵ ho⁵²⁻²¹/

Adjective

美好

fine; glorious; happy; good; wonderful
美好的生活 ― měihǎo de shēnghuó ― beautiful life

美好的未來／美好的未来 ― měihǎo de wèilái ― fine future

美好的回憶／美好的回忆 ― měihǎo de huíyì ― glorious memory

最美好的祝願／最美好的祝愿 ― zuì měihǎo de zhùyuàn ― best wishes

給孩子一個美好的童年 [MSC, trad.]
给孩子一个美好的童年 [MSC, simp.]
gěi háizi yīge měihǎo de tóngnián [Pinyin]
to give children a happy childhood

美好時光是那樣的短暫，宛若天空滑過的流星般轉瞬即逝。 [MSC, trad.]
美好时光是那样的短暂，宛若天空滑过的流星般转瞬即逝。 [MSC, simp.]
Měihǎo shíguāng shì nàyàng de duǎnzàn, wǎnruò tiānkōng huá guò de liúxīng bān zhuǎnshùnjíshì. [Pinyin]
Happy times are so short; like a shooting star, they are gone in an instant.

Synonyms

亹亹 (wěiwěi) (literary)
佼好 (jiǎohǎo) (literary)
圓滿／圆满 (yuánmǎn)
妙 (miào)
妙善 (miàoshàn) (literary)
完滿／完满 (wánmǎn)
美善 (měishàn) (literary)
美妙 (měimiào)
美滿／美满 (měimǎn)
錦繡／锦绣 (jǐnxiù) (figurative)

Dialectal synonyms of 好 (“good”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		好, 良, 善, 佳
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		好, 良好, 美好, 佳
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	好, 強
	Taiwan	好
	Singapore	好
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	好, 賽, 強
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	好, 嫽
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	好
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	好, 傲
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	好
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	好, 㜺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	好, 㜺
	Hong Kong	好
	Taishan	好
	Yangjiang	好
	Singapore (Guangfu)	好
Gan	Nanchang	好
Hakka	Meixian	好, 㜺
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	好
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	好
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	好
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	好
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	好
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	好
Jin	Taiyuan	好
Northern Min	Jian'ou	好
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	好
Southern Min	Xiamen	好
	Tainan	好
	Penang (Hokkien)	好
	Singapore (Hokkien)	好
	Manila (Hokkien)	好
	Chaozhou	好
	Singapore (Teochew)	好
	Singapore (Hainanese)	好
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	好
Wu	Shanghai	好, 㜺, 靈, 嗲
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	畢㜺
	Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong)	出客
	Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong)	出客
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	靈
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	靈
	Suzhou	好, 㜺
	Wenzhou	好
Xiang	Changsha	好
Xiang	Shuangfeng	好

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