好些 [－－]

Jyutping hou2 se1
Pinyin hǎo xiē

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. a good deal of
  2. quite a lot
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 數詞、書面語
    好多
    a good deal of
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj
    quite a lot; a good deal of
    (syn.) 不老少, 一系列, 儦儦, 不少, 廣, 繁多, 众多, 廣大, 𣍐少, 延延, 孔多, 广大, 许多, 眾多, 萌生, 百, 颮颮, 千百, 浩繁, 幾多, 𫧃少, 广, 很多, 諸多, 浩瀚, 飑飑, 許多, 千千, 好多, 诸多
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我们认识有好些年了。
    我們認識有好些年了。
    wǒ men rèn shi yǒu hǎo xiē nián le 。
    • We have known each other for years.
    • We've known each other for years.
  2. Mandarin
    病人吃了新药后没觉得好些了。
    病人吃了新藥後沒覺得好些了。
    bìng rén chī le xīn yào hòu méi jué de hǎo xiē le 。
    • The patient felt none the better for having taken the new pills.
    • The patient, despite having taken the new medication, didn't feel any better.
  3. Mandarin
    他今天好些了吗？
    他今天好些了嗎？
    tā jīn tiān hǎo xiē le ma ？
    • Is he any better today?
    • Is he better today?
    • Is he feeling better today?
  4. Mandarin
    你的手表的质地要比我的更好些。
    你的手錶的質地要比我的更好些。
    nǐ de shǒu biǎo de zhì dì yào bǐ wǒ de gèng hǎo xiē 。
    • Your watch is superior in quality to mine.
  5. Mandarin
    你觉得好些了吗？
    你覺得好些了嗎？
    nǐ jué de hǎo xiē le ma ？
    • Do you feel better?
    • Are you feeling better now?
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    好些少
    好些少
    hou2 se1 siu2
    • a little bit better
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    正如我们一个身子上有好些肢体，肢体也不都是一样的用处。
    正如我們一個身子上有好些肢體，肢體也不都是一樣的用處。
    zhèng rú wǒ men yī ge shēn zi shàng yǒu hǎo xiē zhī tǐ ， zhī tǐ yě bù dōu shì yī yàng de yòng chù ．
    • For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don’t have the same function [World English Bible]
  2. Mandarin
    并且不放弃土地又能打胜敌人不是更好些吗？
    並且不放棄土地又能打勝敵人不是更好些嗎？
    bìng qiě bù fàng qì tǔ dì yòu néng dǎ shèng dí rén bù shì gèng hǎo xiē ma ？
    • Moreover, was it not better to defeat the enemy without abandoning territory?