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好看

Mandarin · pinyin hǎo kàn

good-looking; nice-looking
(of a movie, book, TV show etc) good
in an embarrassing situation

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好: hǎo · good, excellent, fine; well
看: kàn · look, see; examine, scrutinize

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3–4 · hao3 kan4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hou2 hon3

Cantonese word readings for 好看. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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adj

good-looking; beautiful; pretty
interesting; good; worth seeing; worth reading
proud
(sarcastic) embarrassed

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