好逑
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Chinese[edit]
good; well; be fond of | collect; to match | ||
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trad. (好逑) | 好 | 逑 | |
simp. #(好逑) | 好 | 逑 |
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hǎocióu
- Wade–Giles: hao3-chʻiu2
- Yale: hǎu-chyóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haochyou
- Palladius: хаоцю (xaocju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hou2 kau4
- Yale: hóu kàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: hou2 kau4
- Guangdong Romanization: hou2 keo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /hou̯³⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: xawX gjuw
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰˤuʔ ɡ(r)u/
- (Zhengzhang): /*qʰuːʔ ɡu/
Noun[edit]
好逑
- (literary) good mate; ideal spouse
- 窈窕淑女,君子好逑。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Yǎotiǎo shūnǚ, jūnzǐ hǎoqiú. [Pinyin]
- The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady:
For our prince a good mate she.