好勢

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	power; force; tendency power; force; tendency; conditions; influence
trad. (好勢)		好	勢
simp. (好势)		好	势

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hó-se

  (Hailu, HRS): ho^ˊ she^ˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó-sè / hó-sì

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-se
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˋ se
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ se⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ se⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˊ she^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /ho²⁴⁻³³ ʃe¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-sè
    • Tâi-lô: hó-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoysex
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ se⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /ho⁴²⁻²⁴ se²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-sì
    • Tâi-lô: hó-sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoysix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²¹/
    • IPA (Penang): /ho⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ si²¹/

Adverb

好勢

1. (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) smoothly; successfully; without difficulties (of matter, business, etc.)
2. (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) well (of a result of action, behavior, etc.)

Adjective

好勢

1. (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) suitable; appropriate
2. (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) comfortable
3. (Hokkien) well; not sick

   • 底時感著家己無好勢？ [Hokkien, trad.]
     底时感着家己无好势？ [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2004, Derrick Lian (medicus.tk), 'Excue Me, U Spik Inglish?'

     Tī-sî kám-tio̍h ka-kī bô hó-sè? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     When did you first notice that you were ill?

4. (Taiwanese Hakka) done for; finished (in an ironic sense)

Derived terms

• 好勢面 / 好势面
• 毋好勢 / 毋好势

Interjection

好勢

1. (Hokkien) expressing satisfaction or permission

Further reading

• “好勢”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• “Entry #235”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.