好看

Chinese

	good; well; be fond of	to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think
trad. (好看)	好	看
simp. ^#(好看)	好	看
alternative forms	豪堪 Internet slang
anagram	看好

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): hǎokàn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄎㄢˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хокан (hokan, II-III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² hon³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hó-khon
Eastern Min (BUC): hō̤-káng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ho³ kua⁴ / ho³ kuann⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hó-khòaⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): ho² kang³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵hau-khoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎokàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄎㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎokàn
  - Wade–Giles: hao³-kʻan⁴
  - Yale: hǎu-kàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haokann
  - Palladius: хаокань (xaokanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰän⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хокан (hokan, II-III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɔ⁵¹ kʰæ̃⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hou² hon³
  - Yale: hóu hon
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou² hon³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou² hon³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ hɔːn³³/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    好漢 / 好汉
    好看
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-khon
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˋ kon
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ kon⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ kʰon⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hō̤-káng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(kʰ-)ɑŋ²¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ho³ kua⁴ [Phonetic: ho⁵ ua⁴]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: heô-kua̍ⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^(kʰ-)ua⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ho³ kuann⁴ [Phonetic: ho⁵ uann⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho³³²⁻²¹ ^(kʰ-)ũã⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-khòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: hó-khuànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'qvoax
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuã²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰuã⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuã²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuã¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰuã²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ho² kang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hó khàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰaŋ²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵hau-khoe
  - MiniDict: hau^去 khoe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²hau-khoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hɔ³³ kʰø⁴⁴/

Adjective

好看

good-looking; beautiful; pretty
interesting; good; worth seeing; worth reading
這部電視劇太好看了！我已經開始四刷了！ [MSC, trad.]
这部电视剧太好看了！我已经开始四刷了！ [MSC, simp.]
Zhè bù diànshìjù tài hǎokàn le! Wǒ yǐjīng kāishǐ sì shuā le! [Pinyin]
This television drama is so good! I have already begun to watch through it for the fourth time!
proud
(sarcastic) embarrassed

Synonyms

(good-looking):

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俊 (jùn)
俊俏 (jùnqiào) (attractive and smart)
俊秀 (jùnxiù)
俊美 (jùnměi) (of a young male)
俏麗 / 俏丽 (qiàolì) (usually of a female)
奇麗 / 奇丽 (qílì) (singularly beautiful)
妖嬌 / 妖娇 (iau-kiau) (Hokkien)
姣美 (jiāoměi) (formal, of a face or posture)
妍美 (yánměi) (literary)
嬌豔 / 娇艳 (jiāoyàn) (delicate and charming)
嬌逸 / 娇逸 (jiāoyì) (literary, of a young male)
悅目 / 悦目 (yuèmù)
是樣 / 是样 (shìyàng) (colloquial)
標緻 / 标致 (biāozhì) (usually of a woman)
清秀 (qīngxiù)
漂亮
秀媚 (xiùmèi)
秀美 (xiùměi)
秀逸 (xiùyì)
秀麗 / 秀丽 (xiùlì)
綺麗 / 绮丽 (qǐlì)
繁華 / 繁华 (fánhuá) (literary)
美觀 / 美观 (měiguān)
美麗 / 美丽 (měilì)
耐看 (nàikàn)
花花 (huāhuā) (literary)
豔麗 / 艳丽 (yànlì)
邊式 / 边式 (biānshi) (regional, of dress, physique, etc.)
體面 / 体面 (tǐmiàn)
鮮亮 / 鲜亮 (xiānliàng) (dialectal)
鮮麗 / 鲜丽 (xiānlì)

Dialectal synonyms of 漂亮 (“good-looking; beautiful; pretty”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		漂亮, 好看, 美, 美麗, 美觀, 佳
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	好看, 漂亮, 俊
	Taiwan	好看, 漂亮
	Chifeng	好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	好看, 漂亮
	Harbin	好看, 漂亮, 俊, 美
	Shenyang	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Singapore	美, 好看, 漂亮, 美麗
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	好看, 漂亮
	Tangshan	好看
	Cangzhou	好看, 漂亮, 俊
	Baoding	好看, 漂亮
	Shijiazhuang	好看
	Jinan	好看, 漂亮, 俊, 俊巴, 美
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	俊
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	漂亮, 俊
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	好看, 漂亮, 美, 標緻
	Wanrong	好看
	Zhengzhou	漂亮, 標緻, 好看, 齊整
	Xi'an	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 嫽, 排場, 心疼
	Xining	好看, 標緻, 俊, 秀溜
	Xuzhou	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 俊, 冠冕, 辦事
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 俊
	Lanzhou	好看, 漂亮, 美, 俊
	Ürümqi	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 翠活
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	好看, 漂亮, 乖, 抻抖, 抻展
	Chongqing	美, 好看, 漂亮, 乖, 抻抖
	Wuhan	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 體面, 寧馨, 標, 媌, 刮氣, 美
	Guiyang	抻透, 抻展, 好看, 漂亮, 秀氣
	Kunming	好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Guilin	漂亮
	Liuzhou	美, 好看, 漂亮, 靚₂, 㜺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 不醜
	Yangzhou	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 不醜
	Nantong	好看, 漂亮
	Hefei	美, 漂亮, 好看, 格式, 排場
Cantonese	Guangzhou	靚₂, 好睇, 好樣
	Hong Kong	靚₂, 好睇
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	靚₂
	Macau	靚₂
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	靚₂
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	靚₂
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	靚₂
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	靚₂
	Foshan	靚₂
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	靚₂
	Foshan (Shunde)	靚₂
	Foshan (Sanshui)	靚₂
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	靚₂
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	靚₂
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	靚₂
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	靚₂
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	靚₂
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	靚₂
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	靚₂
	Taishan	靚₂
	Kaiping (Chikan)	靚₂
	Enping (Niujiang)	靚₂
	Heshan (Yayao)	靚₂
	Dongguan	靚₂, 好樣
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	靚₂
	Yangjiang	好看, 好樣, 靚₂, 整齊
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	靚₂
	Penang (Guangfu)	靚₂
	Singapore (Guangfu)	靚₂
Gan	Nanchang	客氣, 好看, 漂亮, 齊整
	Lichuan	好看
	Pingxiang	好看, 客氣, 漂亮, 標緻, 標
Hakka	Meixian	好看, 靚₂, 靚₃, 僐, 勁, 趣, 端, 標緻, 儒雅
	Xingning	靚₂
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	靚₂
	Huiyang	靚₂
	Huidong (Daling)	靚₂
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	靚₂
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	靚₂
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	靚₂
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	靚₂
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	俏, 靚₂
	Wuhua (Changbu)	靚₂
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	靚₃
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	靚₂
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	靚₃
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	排場
	Liannan	靚₂
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	靚₂
	Jiexi	靚₂
	Changting	靚₃
	Wuping	靚₃
	Wuping (Pingyu)	靚₃
	Liancheng	靚₃
	Ninghua	靚₃
	Yudu	標緻, 齊整
	Ruijin	靚₃
	Shicheng	像, 標緻, 好看
	Shangyou (Shexi)	靚₂, 整, 標緻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	靚₃
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鬧, 靚₃
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	靚₃
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	靚₃
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	靚₃
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	靚₃
	Hong Kong	靚₂
	Luchuan	靚₂
	Senai (Huiyang)	靚₂
	Kuching (Hepo)	靚₃
Huizhou	Jixi	好看, 標緻, 漂亮
Huizhou	Shexian	好看, 漂亮
Jin	Taiyuan	好看, 襲人, 客戲, 漂亮
	Xinzhou	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 爽整, 襲人, 緻氣
	Linhe	美, 襲人, 好看, 漂亮
	Jining	好看, 襲人
	Hohhot	好看, 襲人, 俊, 漂亮
	Zhangjiakou	美, 好看, 漂亮, 俊
	Handan	美, 好看, 漂亮, 俊俏, 俊
Northern Min	Jian'ou	好覷, 雅式, 生得好
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	俊, 生得好, 卓佳, 好看, 漂亮
Eastern Min	Singapore (Fuqing)	俊
Southern Min	Xiamen	媠, 好看, 㜅
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	媠, 俏
	Quanzhou	媠, 媠靡, 㜅, 好看
	Jinjiang	媠, 㜅
	Shishi	媠
	Anxi	媠
	Zhangzhou	媠, 好看
	Zhao'an	媠
	Dongshan	媠
	Taipei	媠
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	媠
	Kaohsiung	媠
	Tainan	媠
	Kinmen	媠
	Penghu (Magong)	媠
	Penang (Hokkien)	媠
	Singapore (Hokkien)	媠, 俏
	Manila (Hokkien)	媠, 好看, 㜅
	Longyan	媠
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	靚₂
	Chaozhou	雅, 好睇
	Shantou	雅, 媠, 好睇
	Shantou (Chenghai)	雅, 媠
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	雅
	Jieyang	雅, 媠, 如雅
	Puning	雅, 生好, 好睇
	Lufeng	媠, 生好
	Haifeng	媠, 生好
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	雅
	Singapore (Teochew)	雅
	Leizhou	清楚
	Wenchang	靚₄, 好望
	Haikou	靚₄, 靚₂, 靚仔, 雅目, 都緻
	Qionghai	靚₄
	Singapore (Hainanese)	靚₄
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	靚₂, 好覷
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	㜺, 靚₂
Wu	Shanghai	漂亮, 好看, 好看相, 標緻
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	畢㜺
	Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong)	出客
	Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong)	出客
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	靈
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	靈
	Shanghai (Chongming)	標緻, 樣式, 登樣
	Suzhou	好看, 標緻, 登樣, 漂亮
	Danyang	好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Hangzhou	好看, 漂亮
	Ningbo	好看, 漂亮, 㜅, 㜅門, 㜅頭, 出格, 架勢, 細巧, 細相, 登樣
	Wenzhou	好覷, 生好, 骨切
	Jinhua	好望, 俏, 漂亮
Xiang	Changsha	好看, 漂亮, 腆靦, 乖
	Loudi	漂亮
	Shuangfeng	好看, 漂亮

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “good-looking”): 難看／难看 (nánkàn), 歹看 (Hokkien)

References

李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 34.