正好

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	good; well; be fond of
trad. (正好)		正	好
simp. #(正好)		正	好

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhènghǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄏㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ hou²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chang-hó
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiàⁿ-hó
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tsen-hau; ⁵tsen-hau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhènghǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄏㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhènghǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-hao³
    • Yale: jèng-hǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqhao
    • Palladius: чжэнхао (čžɛnxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhènghǎor
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄏㄠˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhènghǎor
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-hao³-ʼrh
    • Yale: jèng-hǎur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqhaol
    • Palladius: чжэнхаор (čžɛnxaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ xaʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ hou²
    • Yale: jing hóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ hou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ hou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ hou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chang-hó
    • Hakka Romanization System: zang ho`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zang⁴ ho³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡saŋ⁵⁵ ho³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàⁿ-hó
    • Tâi-lô: tsiànn-hó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviarhoir
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ho⁵⁵⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsen-hau; ⁵tsen-hau
    • MiniDict: tsen^平 hau; tsen^去 hau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsen-hau; ²tsen-hau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən⁵⁵ hɔ²¹/, /t͡sən³³ hɔ⁴⁴/

Adjective

正好

1. just right; just in time; just at the right moment

Adverb

正好

1. as it happens; by chance

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 恰巧 (“by chance; as it happens”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		會, 適
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		恰巧, 恰好, 恰恰, 碰巧, 剛好, 剛巧, 正好, 正巧, 趕巧, 湊巧
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	正好, 碰巧, 可可兒的
	Langfang	正好兒
	Harbin	正巧
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	碰巧兒
	Cangzhou	正巧兒
	Baoding	碰巧
	Shijiazhuang	正巧兒
	Jinan	正好, 剛好, 碰巧, 湊巧
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	趕巧兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	碰巧, 湊巧
	Daming	正好兒
	Wanrong	剛, 妙, 可妙, 湊妙
	Xi'an	正好, 剛好, 剛好兒, 妙的
	Xining	正好
	Xuzhou	驗好, 驗好兒, 驗巧, 適巧
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	湊巧, 恰巧
	Lanzhou	將巧
	Ürümqi	剛好, 正好, 剛巧, 正巧, 碰巧, 正, 將好兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	端端, 剛好, 將好, 恰好, 恰恰
	Wuhan	正巧, 恰恰, 神神
	Guiyang	恰巧, 湊巧, 碰巧
	Kunming	剛好, 恰恰的
	Liuzhou	扣到, 扣扣, 正, 碰巧
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	正, 將將
	Yangzhou	剛好, 剛剛好, 齊巧, 正好, 將好
	Nantong	碰巧
	Hefei	正好, 將好, 碰巧
Cantonese	Guangzhou	碰啱, 撞啱, 湊啱, 啱好, 啱, 啱啱, 啱啱好, 啱啱線
	Hong Kong	咁啱, 撞啱, 碰啱, 啱啱
	Macau	啱啱
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	啱啱好
	Foshan	啱好
	Foshan (Sanshui)	啱啱好
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	啱啱
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	啱算
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	啱算
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	啱啱
	Taishan	碰啱
	Heshan (Yayao)	啱啱好
	Dongguan	啱先
	Yangjiang	哏好, 啱
	Xinyi	啱好, 啱啱
Gan	Nanchang	合適, 碰巧
	Lichuan	剛好
	Pingxiang	嵌嵌, 嵌嵌仔, 嵌好, 合式, 緊光
Hakka	Meixian	啱好, 啱啱
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	啱啱
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	啱算
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	啱啱
	Yudu	將好, 剛好
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	堵好, 堵堵好
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	堵好, 堵堵好
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	堵好, 堵堵好
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	堵好, 堵堵好
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	堵好, 堵堵好
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	堵好, 堵堵好
Huizhou	Jixi	剛好
Jin	Taiyuan	剛好, 可可底, 正好, 正巧
	Xinzhou	正好, 嵌好, 嵌好好兒, 嵌嵌兒, 可好, 可好好兒, 可可兒
	Zhangjiakou	剛巧
	Handan	正好兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	頃頃好
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	正正好, 堵堵好
Southern Min	Xiamen	對對, 拄好, 拄仔好, 注死, 湊拄歁, 千千, 千拄千, 拄巧, 拄拄, 拄拄仔好
	Quanzhou	對對, 拄好, 拄仔好, 湊拄歁, 千千, 千拄千, 拄遷
	Zhangzhou	對對, 拄好, 拄仔好, 拄欸好, 注死, 拄, 死病, 湊拄歁, 湊拄歁仔, 湊巧, 湊歁, 湊歁仔, 千千, 千拄千, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔
	Kaohsiung	拄好
	Yilan	拄好
	Changhua (Lukang)	拄好
	Taichung	拄好
	Taichung (Wuqi)	拄好
	Tainan	拄好
	Taitung	拄好
	Hsinchu	拄仔好
	Penghu (Magong)	拄好
	Zhangping	堵堵, 堵好, 堵湊
	Chaozhou	堵堵, 堵好
	Shantou	湊巧, 恰巧, 堵堵, 啱
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	啱
	Jieyang	堵彩, 堵堵好, 甲甲
	Haikou	啱, 啱啱
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	正好
Wu	Shanghai	剛, 齊巧, 正好, 正巧, 剛巧, 剛剛, 剛正好, 剛剛好, 正正好好, 貼正, 貼正好, 恰好, 貼准, 恰恰叫, 恰恰好, 眼眼叫, 眼眼調, 扣揢扣, 碰巧, 湊巧, 齊頭 dated, 齊頭好 dated
	Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong)	剛, 剛剛
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	剛剛好
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	剛剛好, 正好子
	Shanghai (Qingpu)	剛剛好, 恰好
	Shanghai (Chongming)	正好, 剛, 剛剛
	Suzhou	剛巧, 剛正, 剛好, 齊巧, 齊頭, 眼眼調
	Wuxi	齊頭數, 齊巧
	Danyang	湊巧, 齊巧, 剛好, 正好, 齊巧好
	Hangzhou	剛巧, 正巧, 齊巧
	Ningbo	剛剛, 扣好, 扣扣, 候扣, 眼眼叫, 齊巧
	Wenzhou	恰兩恰兒, 恰恰兒, 扣扣, 扣門兒
	Jinhua	頂對, 正好, 正好兒, 剛好
Xiang	Changsha	剛合, 如勢, 獨如, 正好, 恰好
	Loudi	恰好, 正好
	Shuangfeng	正好

• 偏好
• 剛合／刚合 (jian¹ ho⁶) (Xiang)
• 剛好／刚好 (gānghǎo)
• 剛巧／刚巧 (gāngqiǎo)
• 千千 (Hokkien)
• 千拄千 (Hokkien)
• 嚴剛／严刚 (ngan² jian¹) (Xiang)
• 嚴合／严合 (ngan² ho⁶) (Xiang)
• 堵堵好 (Hakka)
• 堵好 (Hakka)
• 如勢／如势 (y² shr⁴) (Xiang)
• 恰好 (qiàhǎo)
• 恰巧 (qiàqiǎo)
• 恰恰 (qiàqià)
• 拄仔好 (Hokkien)
• 拄千 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 拄好 (Hokkien)
• 拄搪 (Hokkien)
• 拄䢢 (Hokkien)
• 會／会 (literary)
• 正巧 (zhèngqiǎo)
• 湊巧／凑巧 (còuqiǎo)
• 湊拄歁／凑拄歁 (Hokkien)
• 湊拄歁仔／凑拄歁仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 湊歁／凑歁 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 碰巧 (pèngqiǎo)
• 趕巧／赶巧 (gǎnqiǎo)
• 䢢拄䢢 (Hokkien)
• 適／适
• 適值／适值 (shìzhí) (literary)
• 頃頃好／顷顷好 (ka̿ing-ka̿ing-hǎu) (Northern Min)