好壞 [－坏]

Jyutping hou2 waai6
Pinyin hǎo huài

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. good or bad
  2. good and bad
  3. standard; quality
  4. (coll.) very bad
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    quality
  2. noun
    good and bad; good or bad
  3. adj, Cantonese
    very bad; very rotten
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #1590
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    分辨好坏并不总是容易的。
    分辨好壞並不總是容易的。
    fēn biàn hǎo huài bìng bù zǒng shì róng yì de 。
    • It's not always easy to tell the difference between good and bad.
  2. Mandarin
    你知道分辨好坏吗？
    你知道分辨好壞嗎？
    nǐ zhī dào fēn biàn hǎo huài ma ？
    • Do you know the difference between good and bad?
  3. Mandarin
    他好坏不分。
    他好壞不分。
    tā hǎo huài bù fēn 。
    • He doesn't know the difference between right and wrong.
    • He doesn't know the difference between good and evil.
  4. Mandarin
    他无法分辨好坏。
    他無法分辨好壞。
    tā wú fǎ fēn biàn hǎo huài 。
    • He cannot tell right from wrong.
    • He can't distinguish between good and evil.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢心肠好坏。
    佢心腸好壞。
    keoi5 sam1 coeng4 hou2 waai6.
    • x
  2. Cantonese
    阿强好坏㗎，唔好成日群佢。
    阿強好壞㗎，唔好成日群佢。
    aa3 koeng4 hou2 kwaai4 gaa3, m4 hou2 seng4 jat6 kwan4 keoi5.
    • Ah Keung is a bad kid; don't hang out with him.
  3. Cantonese
    呢批二手货我唔逐件睇喇，总之唔理好坏连毛监屎同你收晒佢，二万蚊，有无问题？
    呢批二手貨我唔逐件睇喇，總之唔理好壞連毛監屎同你收晒佢，二萬蚊，有無問題？
    lei1 pai1 ji6 sau2 fo3 ngo5 m4 zuk6 gin6 tai2 laa3, zung2 zi1 m4 lei5 hou2 waai6 lin4 mou4 gaam3 si2 tung4 nei5 sau1 saai3 keoi5, ji6 maan6 man1, jau5 mou5 man6 tai4
    • I prefer not to check all these second hand products one by one, I will collect them all up despite good or bad, I give you twenty thousand dollars, it that alright ?
  4. Cantonese
    好坏参半
    好壞參半
    hou2 waai6 caam1 bun3
    • half is good and half is bad
  5. Cantonese
    姑勿论佢人品好坏，论工作能力成间公司无人比得上佢。
    姑勿論佢人品好壞，論工作能力成間公司無人比得上佢。
    gu1 mat6 leon6 keoi5 jan4 ban2 hou2 waai6, leon6 gung1 zok3 nang4 lik6 seng4 gaan1 gung1 si1 mou5 jan4 bei2 dak1 soeng5 keoi5.
    • Regardless of his integrity, no one from this company tops him in terms of ability.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    这种事情是夫妻感情好坏的分水岭，试金石！
    這種事情是夫妻感情好壞的分水嶺，試金石！
    zhè zhǒng shì qíng shì fū qī gǎn qíng hǎo huài de fēn shuǐ lǐng ， shì jīn shí ！
    • This (a couple's sex life) is the kind of thing that is a critical indicator, an acid test, of how a husband and wife feel about each other!