還好 [还－]

Jyutping waan4 hou2
Pinyin hái hǎo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. not bad
  2. tolerable
  3. fortunately
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    OK​，​唔​錯​，​可以​接受
    Ok; alright; acceptable
    • 而家天氣都還好，唔算太熱。
      而家天气都还好，唔算太热。
      ji4 gaa1 tin1 hei3 dou1 waan4 hou2, m4 syun3 taai3 jit6
      The weather right now is alright, not too hot.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj
    not bad; quite OK; passable
  2. adj
    fortunate; lucky
  3. adv
    fortunately; luckily
    • 還好不是x
      还好不是x
      hái hǎo bù shì ｘ
      at least it's not x
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我朋友问我是不是觉得还好。
    我朋友問我是不是覺得還好。
    wǒ péng you wèn wǒ shì bù shì jué de hái hǎo 。
    • My friend asked me if I was feeling all right.
  2. Mandarin
    你还好吧？
    你還好吧？
    nǐ hái hǎo ba ？
    • Are you alright?
  3. Mandarin
    你和我说话的时候还好，你一停下来我就饿了。
    你和我説話的時候還好，你一停下來我就餓了。
    nǐ hé wǒ shuō huà de shí hou hái hǎo ， nǐ yī tíng xià lái wǒ jiù è le 。
    • As long as you're talking to me, it's fine, but as soon as you stop, I get hungry.
  4. Mandarin
    冬天的混乱让我快疯了，还好寒假快就到了。
    冬天的混亂讓我快瘋了，還好寒假快就到了。
    dōng tiān de hùn luàn ràng wǒ kuài fēng le ， hái hǎo hán jià kuài jiù dào liǎo 。
    • The winter chaos is driving me crazy, but soon the holidays will come.
  5. Mandarin
    最近还好么？
    最近還好麼？
    zuì jìn hái hǎo me ？
    • You've been well lately?
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    而家天气都还好，唔算太热。
    而家天氣都還好，唔算太熱。
    ji4 gaa1 tin1 hei3 dou1 waan4 hou2, m4 syun3 taai3 jit6
    • The weather right now is alright, not too hot.
  2. Cantonese
    好食还好食，始终「一粒荔枝三把火」，燥热嘅生果要适可而止呀。
    好食還好食，始終「一粒荔枝三把火」，燥熱嘅生果要適可而止呀。
    • Inspite of it's great taste, don't forget "one lychee is three burning torches", you should limit your dose on the fruit of "dry and hot" nature.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    甲：考得怎么样？乙：还好啦，一般般。
    甲：考得怎麼樣？乙：還好啦，一般般。
    jiǎ ： kǎo dé zěn me yàng ？ yǐ ： hái hǎo la ， yī bān bān ．
    • A: How was your exam result? B: It was OK, just average.
  2. Mandarin
    我差点儿没掉进这坑儿里，还好我这个月减了六斤。
    我差點兒沒掉進這坑兒裏，還好我這個月減了六斤。
    wǒ chà diǎn r5 méi diào jìn zhè kēng r5 lǐ ， hái hǎo wǒ zhè ge yuè jiǎn le liù jīn ．
    • I almost could not fall in this pit; fortunately I lost three kilos this month.
  3. Mandarin
    还好不是x
    還好不是x
    hái hǎo bù shì ｘ
    • at least it's not x