好聽 (hou2 teng1 | hao3 ting1) : pleasant to hear

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好聽

hou2 teng1

hao3 ting1

pleasant to hear

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 3,480,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

好聽 / 好听

This word has been viewed 2834 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 19th Aug 2005 03:50 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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好 hou2 hou3 - good; very; friendly; healthy; ready
聽 ting1 ting3 teng1 - listen to; obey; allow

3 compounds containing this word:

貪好聽 - [v] to talk plausibly; render mere lip service
好話唔好聽 - to be frank (lit., "the right words aren't easy to listen to")
講得好聽啲 - to put it mildly

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嗰啲蟬嘅聲音，我覺得好好聽㗎！粵
I love the sound of those cicadas [nearby]!
[This is an example of topicalisation: the topic of the sentence, 嗰啲蟬嘅聲音, is placed at the front.]

蟬嘅聲音，我覺得好好聽㗎！粵
I love the sound cicadas [in general] make.
[Note that because we haven't specified any particular cicadas, we're talking about cicadas in general. (Use 呢啲 or 嗰啲 otherwise.)]

我覺得蟬嘅聲音好好聽㗎！粵
I love the sound cicadas make!
[Lit. I feel cicada [possessive particle] sound very good-sound [particle]!]

我覺得呢啲蟬嘅聲音好好聽㗎！粵
I love the sound these cicadas are making!
[Lit. I feel these cicadas [possessive particle] sound very good-listen [particle].]

呢隻草蜢，我覺得佢嘅聲音好好聽㗎！粵
I love the sound this grasshopper makes!
[Lit. This [counter] grasshopper, I feel his sound very good-listen [particle].]

呢一首好聽過你嗰隻好多呀粵
This song is much nicer to listen to than yours!
[Lit. This one [counter for songs] good-listen surpass yours [particle] lots]

* The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate *

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*** The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate ***

* The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate *