好睇

Chinese

good; well; be fond of
 
look down upon; (Cant.) to look; to see; to look after; to think
simp. and trad.
(好睇)

Pronunciation


Adjective

好睇

(Cantonese, Teochew)
  1. beautiful; good-looking; attractive
  2. proper; decent; attractive; seemly
  3. (of media like movies) enjoyable; a pleasure to watch

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 漂亮 (“good-looking; beautiful”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 漂亮
Mandarin Beijing 好看漂亮
Taiwan 好看漂亮
Tianjin 漂亮好看
Jinan 好看漂亮
Xi'an 好看排場心疼
Wuhan 好看漂亮
Yangzhou 好看標緻
Hefei 好看漂亮排場
Cantonese Guangzhou 好睇
Hong Kong 好睇
Yangjiang 好看、好樣、整齊
Gan Nanchang 客氣好看
Hakka Meixian 好看
Jin Taiyuan 好看、惜人、客戲
Min Bei Jian'ou 好覷、雅式、生得好
Min Dong Fuzhou 、生得好、卓佳
Min Nan Xiamen 好看緣投
Chaozhou 好睇
Wu Shanghai 漂亮好看
Suzhou 好看標緻漂亮
Wenzhou 好眙、生好、骨切
Xiang Changsha 好看漂亮
Shuangfeng 好看漂亮

References

  • Duffus, William, beautiful (p. 19) in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, English Presbyterian Mission Press, 1883.
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