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Jyutping hou2 sang1
Pinyin hào shēng

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to cherish life

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Jyutping hou2 sang1
Pinyin hǎo shēng

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv
    very; quite
  2. adv, regional
    carefully; properly; well

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Jyutping
Pinyin hǎo shēng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. (dialect) very
  2. quite
  3. properly
  4. well
  5. thoroughly
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    当你准备好生活的时候,生活开始了。
    當你準備好生活的時候,生活開始了。
    dāng nǐ zhǔn bèi hǎo shēng huó de shí hou , shēng huó kāi shǐ le 。
    • Life begins when you're ready to live it.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢个趸咁大,一睇就知好生得。
    佢個躉咁大,一睇就知好生得。
    keoi5 go3 dan2 gam3 daai6, jat1 tai2 zau6 zi1 hou2 saang1 dak1.
    • She has some child-bearing hips.
  2. Cantonese
    佢将个故仔描述得好生动。
    佢將個故仔描述得好生動。
    keoi5 zoeng1 go3 gu2 zai2 miu4 seot6 dak1 hou2 sang1 dung6.
    • He described the story in a very lively way.
  3. Cantonese
    佢将个故事讲得好生动活泼。
    佢將個故事講得好生動活潑。
    keoi5 zoeng1 go3 gu3 si6 gong2 dak1 hou2 saang1 dung6 wut6 put3.
    • She told the story vividly.
  4. Cantonese
    阿杰讲故事讲得好生动,所以小朋友好钟意佢。
    阿傑講故事講得好生動,所以小朋友好鍾意佢。
    aa3 git6 gong2 gu3 si6 gong2 dak1 hou2 sang1 dung6, so2 ji5 siu2 pang4 jau5 hou2 zung1 ji3 keoi5.
    • Ah-kit can tell stories in a lively and vivid way so children like him very much.
  5. Cantonese
    刘老师上堂讲嘢好生动,个个都好专心听书。
    劉老師上堂講嘢好生動,個個都好專心聽書。
    lau4 lou5 si1 soeng5 tong4 gong2 je5 hou2 sang1 dung6, go3 go3 dou1 hou2 zyun1 sam1 teng1 syu1.
    • Miss Lau is very vivid in the class, everyone listens to her.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    那人大怒道:“这牛子好生无礼。”
    那人大怒道:“這牛子好生無禮。”
    nà rén dà nù dào : “ zhè niú zǐ hǎo shēng wú lǐ . ”
    • That person said furiously, “This brute is really rude.”