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好事不出門,壞事傳千里hou2 si6 bat1 ceot1 mun4 waai6 si6 cyun4 cin1 lei5Good news do not travel well, but bad news travel really fast and far好人事hou2 jan4 si2(noun) a good person; a nice person; (adjective) helpful; kind好人hou2 jan4good person好人好姐hou2 jan4 hou2 ze2one who looks normal (but is actually complete normal, or has a evil mind)好人難做hou2 jan4 naan4 zou6it is hard to be a kind; good person, it means sometimes people will end up doing bad things even though with good intentions好仔唔當差hou2 zai2 m4 dong1 caai1Good guy would not be a policeman, because of the rogue behaviour of the old Hong Kong Police and its corruption, Hong Kong parents generally do not want their sons to be policemen好仔hou2 zai2a good boy; guy; man好似…噉hou2 ci5 … gam2it seems like…; just like…好似係hou2 ci5 hai6it seems so好似hou2 ci5(adjective) similar好佬怕爛佬hou2 lou2 paa3 laan6 lou2Good guys are afraid of bad guys, it means guys of good quality do not argue or fight with guys who are unreasonable好使好用hou2 sai2 hou2 jung6one who is obedient and productive好傢伙hou2 gaa1 fo2exclamation; good heavens, lord好傾hou2 king1adj; get along well; talkative; a great chat好到極hou2 dou3 gik6adj; extremely good好力hou2 lik6strong; energetic好勁hou2 ging6very powerful (spoken)好口hou2 hau2good words, good talking好叻hou2 lek1adj; very clever, smart or good好呀hou2 aa3adj; OK好味hou2 mei6tasty or delicious好命水hou2 meng6 seoi2good; lucky fate好唔好hou2 m4 hou2good or not; is it okay?好唔掂hou2 m4 dim6very bad好唱口hou2 coeng3 hau2in the mood to sing; in a good mood好啱偈hou2 ngaam1 gai2having common interests; topics with someone, to be on the same wavelength好啲hou2 di1better好嘅唔靈醜嘅靈hou2 koi3 m4 ling4 cau2 koi3 ling4bad things will come true if one keeps talking about them好嘈hou2 cou4very noisy好嘢hou2 je5(adjective) great; (noun) good stuff; (interjection) hooray好地地hou2 dei6 dei6(adjective ; adverb) all are fine, good condition, usually used in a way such to reflect an unwarranted siuation (or something that is out of the blue), such as in the example: "Everything is fine, but all the suddenly why … (situation changed)"好多時hou2 do1 si4adv; frequently, often, always