好迆好頹 (hou2 he3 hou2 teoi4 | ) : very frivolous/lazy (and) very dispirited

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好迆好頹

hou2 he3 hou2 teoi4

very frivolous/lazy (and) very dispirited
[Syn.]好hea好頹

For the second character, it's ALWAYS written in English as "hea". There is no standard character for "hea" yet, but some believed 迆迤 should be used even their original pronunciation is "ji5".

Another possible way to write "hea" is [辶 with a 喜 on top (inside)]

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Level: 4
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

好迆好頹 / 好迆好颓

This word has been viewed 2763 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 25th Jan 2009 14:27 and last edited on 14th Nov 2009 14:19

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Characters in this word:

好 hou2 hou3 - good; very; friendly; healthy; ready
迆 - (not in database)
好 hou2 hou3 - good; very; friendly; healthy; ready
頹 teoi4 - dispirited; declining

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