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Jyutping hou2 si6
Pinyin hào shì

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to be meddlesome
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj
    meddlesome; officious

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Jyutping hou2 si6
Pinyin hǎo shì

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed")
  2. charity
  3. happy occasion
  4. Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    good thing
    • 這不是好事嗎?
      这不是好事吗?
      zhè bù shì hǎo shì ma ?
      Isn't this a good thing?
  2. noun
    Buddhist ceremony
  3. noun
    happy event; joyous occasion (e.g. a wedding, marriage, etc.)
  4. noun
    good deed; charitable act
    (syn.) 善行, 善事
  5. noun, colloquial, sarcastic
    bad thing
    • 看你做的好事!
      看你做的好事!
      kàn nǐ zuò de hǎo shì !
      Look at what you've done!
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 二级词汇表 #219
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    年轻的时候多看点好书是件好事。
    年輕的時候多看點好書是件好事。
    nián qīng de shí hou duō kàn diǎn hǎo shū shì jiàn hǎo shì 。
    • It's a good thing to read good books when you are young.
  2. Mandarin
    我生平难得做了一件好事...却是没用的。
    我生平難得做了一件好事...卻是沒用的。
    wǒ shēng píng nán dé zuò le yī jiàn hǎo shì ... què shì méi yòng de 。
    • For once in my life I'm doing a good deed... And it is useless.
  3. Mandarin
    知识就是力量,但这力量可以用来做好事,也可以用来做坏事。
    知識就是力量,但這力量可以用來做好事,也可以用來做壞事。
    zhī shí jiù shì lì liàng , dàn zhè lì liang kě yǐ yòng lái zuò hǎo shì , yě kě yǐ yòng lái zuò huài shì 。
    • Knowledge is power, but it is power for evil just as much as for good.
  4. Mandarin
    看完研究以后,我们其中大部分人论定疫苗是件好事。
    看完研究以後,我們其中大部分人論定疫苗是件好事。
    kàn wán yán jiū yǐ hòu , wǒ men qí zhōng dà bù fen rén lùn dìng yì miáo shì jiàn hǎo shì 。
    • After looking at the research, most of us conclude that vaccines are a good thing.
  5. Mandarin
    做好事是不够的,还必须做得很好。
    做好事是不夠的,還必須做得很好。
    zuò hǎo shì shì bù gòu de , hái bì xū zuò de hěn hǎo 。
    • It is not enough to do good; one must also do it well.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    好事近
    好事近
    hou2 si6 gan6
    • to wed soon; to get married soon; literally: a good matter is near
  2. Cantonese
    做好事
    做好事
    zou6 hou2 si6
    • to do good deeds
  3. Cantonese
    过份嘅保护对细路仔嚟讲未必系好事。
    過份嘅保護對細路仔嚟講未必係好事。
    gwo3 fan6 ge3 bou2 wu6 deoi3 sai3 lou6 zai2 lai4 gong2 mei6 bit1 hai6 hou2 si6.
    • Excessive protection of children is not necessarily a good thing for the children.
  4. Cantonese
    好人好事
    好人好事
    hou2 jan4 hou2 si6
    • good people and good deeds
  5. Cantonese
    夫妻间太过迁就未必一定系好事。
    夫妻間太過遷就未必一定係好事。
    fu1 cai1 gaan1 taai3 gwo3 cin1 zau6 mei6 bit1 jat1 ding6 hai6 hou2 si6.
    • A marriage in which each partner always gives in to the other's demands may not be a good thing.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    匈牙利事件不是好事,这是大家清楚的。但是它也有二重性。由于匈牙利的同志们在事件的发展过程中间处理得正确,结果匈牙利事件由坏事转变成了一件好事。
    匈牙利事件不是好事,這是大家清楚的。但是它也有二重性。由於匈牙利的同志們在事件的發展過程中間處理得正確,結果匈牙利事件由壞事轉變成了一件好事。
    xiōng yá lì shì jiàn bù shì hǎo shì , zhè shì dà jiā qīng chǔ de . dàn shì tā yě yǒu èr chóng xìng . yóu yú xiōng yá lì de tóng zhì men zài shì jiàn de fā zhǎn guò chéng zhōng jiān chǔ lǐ de zhèng què , jié guǒ xiōng yá lì shì jiàn yóu huài shì zhuǎn biàn chéng le yī jiàn hǎo shì .
    • Everybody knows that the Hungarian incident was not a good thing. But it too had a dual character. Because our Hungarian comrades took proper action in the course of the incident, what was a bad thing has eventually turned into a good one.
  2. Mandarin
    你们可真是不知道,这小两口哇,真是好事多磨。能够挨到今天订婚,真是不容易。简直是过五关斩六将啊。
    你們可真是不知道,這小兩口哇,真是好事多磨。能夠捱到今天訂婚,真是不容易。簡直是過五關斬六將啊。
    nǐ men kě zhēn shì bù zhī dào , zhè xiǎo liǎng kǒu wa , zhēn shì hǎo shì duō mó . néng gòu ái dào jīn tiān dìng hūn , zhēn shì bù róng yì . jiǎn zhí shì guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng a .
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  3. Mandarin
    表扬好人好事
    表揚好人好事
    biǎo yáng hǎo rén hǎo shì
    • to praise good people and good deeds
  4. Mandarin
    这不是好事吗?
    這不是好事嗎?
    zhè bù shì hǎo shì ma ?
    • Isn't this a good thing?
  5. Mandarin
    看你做的好事!
    看你做的好事!
    kàn nǐ zuò de hǎo shì !
    • Look at what you've done!