佳哉

Chinese

		excellent	(exclamatory or interrog. part.)
simp. and trad. (佳哉)		佳	哉

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): kai-chài / ka-chài

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kai-chài
  - Tâi-lô: kai-tsài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kaizaix
  - IPA (Taipei): /kaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡saɪ¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡saɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡saɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kaɪ³³ t͡saɪ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-chài
  - Tâi-lô: ka-tsài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kazaix
  - IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡saɪ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡saɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² t͡saɪ²¹/

Adverb

佳哉

(Min Nan) fortunately

Synonyms

幸虧／幸亏 (xìngkuī)
好在 (hǎozài)

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