好聲好氣 [－声－气]

Jyutping hou2 seng1 hou2 hei3
Pinyin hǎo shēng hǎo qì

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. (adverb) (to talk) in a calm tone with coaxing manner
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 副詞
    平靜​理性​嘅​語​氣
    to talk in a calm and reasonable manner; literally: good voice good air
    • 我好聲好氣同你傾，你做乜用啲咁嘅態度同我講嘢？
      我好声好气同你倾，你做乜用啲咁嘅态度同我讲嘢？
      ngo5 hou2 seng1 hou2 hei3 tung4 nei5 king1, nei5 zou6 mat1 jung6 di1 gam2 ge3 taai3 dou6 tung4 ngo5 gong2 je5?
      I'm being reasonable with you, why are you responding with such an attitude?
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv
    in a kindly manner; gently
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 心平氣和 – 心平气和
  2. 好言好語 – 好言好语
  3. 和聲細氣 – 和声细气
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我好声好气地问他，他却没有回答。
    我好聲好氣地問他，他卻沒有回答。
    wǒ hǎo shēng hǎo qì dì wèn tā ， tā què méi yǒu huí dá 。
    • I asked him with good intentions, but he did not answer.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    我好声好气同你倾，你做乜用啲咁嘅态度同我讲嘢？
    我好聲好氣同你傾，你做乜用啲咁嘅態度同我講嘢？
    ngo5 hou2 seng1 hou2 hei3 tung4 nei5 king1, nei5 zou6 mat1 jung6 di1 gam2 ge3 taai3 dou6 tung4 ngo5 gong2 je5?
    • I'm being reasonable with you, why are you responding with such an attitude?
  2. Cantonese
    好声好气
    好聲好氣
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