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Chinese
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good; well; be fond of
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matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair |
| trad. (好事)
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好
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事
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| simp. #(好事)
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好
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事
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| alternative forms
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好代 (hó-tāi) Min Nan
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Pronunciation 1
Noun
好事
- good thing
- 這不是好事嗎？／这不是好事吗？ ― Zhè bùshì hǎoshì ma? ― Isn't this a good thing?
- happy event; joyous occasion (e.g. a wedding, marriage, etc.)
- good deed; charitable act
- Buddhist ceremony
- (colloquial, sarcastic) bad thing
- 看你做的好事！ ― Kàn nǐ zuò de hǎoshì! ― Look at what you've done!
Synonyms
- (good deed): 善事 (shànshì), 善行 (shànxíng)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “good thing”): 壞事／坏事 (huàishì)
Derived terms
Pronunciation 2
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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好
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事
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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hào
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shì
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ xawH ›
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‹ dzriH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰˁuʔ-s/
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/*rəʔ-s/
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| English
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love, like (v.)
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serve; service, affair
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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好
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事
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| Reading #
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2/2
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2/2
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| No.
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4914
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11486
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Phonetic
component
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好
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史
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Rime
group
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幽
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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秏
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事
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰuːs/
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/*zrɯs/
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| Notes
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史吏轉註字
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Adjective
好事
- meddlesome; officious
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology 1
By surface analysis, 好 (kō, “good, favorable”) + 事 (ji, “thing, matter”). Features an either kan'on or goon first kanji reading and a goon second reading.
Pronunciation
Noun
好事 • (kōji) ←かうじ (kauzi)?
- an auspicious event
- a good thing; good news
Etymology 2
Features an either kan'on or goon first kanji reading and a kan'yōon second reading.
Pronunciation
Noun
好事 • (kōzu) ←かうず (kauzu)?
- dilettantism; dabbling
Derived terms
References
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
Noun
好事 • (hosa) (hangeul 호사)
- hanja form? of 호사
Vietnamese
Noun
好事
- chữ Hán form of hảo sự.
- chữ Hán form of hiếu sự.