好聽

See also: 好听

Chinese

	good; well; be fond of	let; allow; listen let; allow; listen; hear; obey
trad. (好聽)	好	聽
simp. (好听)	好	听
alternative forms	豪庭 Internet slang

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎotīng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² teng¹ / hou² ting¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hó-thâng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ho³ tia¹ / ho³ tiann¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hó-thiaⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): ho² tian¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎotīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎoting
  - Wade–Giles: hao³-tʻing¹
  - Yale: hǎu-tīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoting
  - Palladius: хаотин (xaotin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou² teng¹ / hou² ting¹
  - Yale: hóu tēng / hóu tīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou² teng¹ / hou² ting¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou² téng¹ / hou² ting¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ tʰɛːŋ⁵⁵/, /hou̯³⁵ tʰɪŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-thâng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˋ tang^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ tang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ tʰaŋ²⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ho³ tia¹ [Phonetic: ho⁵ lia¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: heô-tiaⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^(tʰ-)lia⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ho³ tiann¹ [Phonetic: ho⁵ nia¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho³³²⁻²¹ ^(tʰ-)nia⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-thiaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: hó-thiann
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'tviaf
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiã⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiã³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiã⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiã⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiã⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ho² tian¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hó thiaⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰĩã³³/

Adjective

好聽

pleasant-sounding; nice to the ears; euphonious
他是有文化的人，說的話非常好聽。 [MSC, trad.]
他是有文化的人，说的话非常好听。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā shì yǒu wénhuà de rén, shuō de huà fēicháng hǎotīng. [Pinyin]
He's well-educated, and speaks very smoothly.

這位歌手唱的歌很好聽！ [MSC, trad.]
这位歌手唱的歌很好听！ [MSC, simp.]
Zhè wèi gēshǒu chàng de gē hěn hǎotīng! [Pinyin]
The songs this singer sings are fantastic!

我中文名唔好聽。 [Cantonese, trad.]
我中文名唔好听。 [Cantonese, simp.]
ngo⁵ zung¹ man^4-2 meng^4-2 m⁴ hou² teng¹. [Jyutping]
My Chinese name sounds terrible.

講得好聽就[…]，講得唔好聽就[…] [Cantonese, trad.]
讲得好听就[…]，讲得唔好听就[…] [Cantonese, simp.]
gong² dak¹ hou² teng¹ zau⁶ […], gong² dak¹ m⁴ hou² teng¹ zau⁶ […] [Jyutping]
to word it nicely […] ; to word it not-so-nicely […]
honorable; decent

Synonyms

(pleasant-sounding):

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動聽 / 动听 (dòngtīng)
受聽 / 受听 (shòutīng)
婉轉 / 婉转 (wǎnzhuǎn)
悅耳 / 悦耳 (yuè'ěr)

(honorable):

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光彩 (guāngcǎi)
光榮 / 光荣 (guāngróng)
光耀 (guāngyào)
名譽 / 名誉 (míngyù)
榮光 / 荣光 (róngguāng)
榮耀 / 荣耀 (róngyào)
風光 / 风光 (fēngguang) (figurative, colloquial)
體面 / 体面 (tǐmiàn)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “pleasant-sounding”): 難聽／难听 (nántīng)
(antonym(s) of “honorable”):

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不名譽 / 不名誉 (bùmíngyù)

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.