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好話

简好话 · 繁好話

Mandarin · pinyin hǎo huà

friendly advice
words spoken on sb's behalf
a good word
kind words
words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions

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好: hǎo · good, excellent, fine; well
話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect

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3–4 · hao3 hua4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hou2 waa6

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

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noun

fine words; words of praise, or comfort (Classifier: 句)
good advice (Classifier: 句)
plea; apology (Classifier: 句)

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