佳哉

Chinese

		excellent	(exclamatory or interrog. part.)
simp. and trad. (佳哉)		佳	哉

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kai-chài / ka-chài

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kai-chài
  - Tâi-lô: kai-tsài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kaizaix
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /kai⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kai³³ t͡sai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kai⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-chài
  - Tâi-lô: ka-tsài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kazaix
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai²¹/

Adverb

佳哉

(Southern Min) fortunately

Synonyms

多虧／多亏 (duōkuī)
好代得 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
好佳哉 (Hokkien)
好值得 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
好在 (hǎozài)
好彩 (Cantonese, Hakka)
好得 (Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew)
好是 (hǎoshì) (formal)
好路 (Xiamen Hokkien)
幸好 (xìnghǎo)
幸而 (xìng'ér)
幸虧／幸亏 (xìngkuī)
得虧／得亏 (děikuī) (dialectal)
打幫／打帮 (Hakka)
虧／亏 (kuī)
虧得／亏得 (kuīde)
造化 (cô̤-*huá) (Eastern Min)

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