# 美好
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): měihǎo
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄏㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mei$^5$ hou$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): mî-hó
    (Meixian, Guangdong): mi$^1$ hau$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bí-hó
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mui$^2$ ho$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: měihǎo [Phonetic: méihǎo]
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄏㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: měihǎo
*** Wade–Giles: mei$^3$-hao$^3$
*** Yale: měi-hǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeihao
*** Palladius: мэйхао (mɛjxao)
*** Sinological IPA : /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mei$^5$ hou$^2$
*** Yale: méih hóu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mei$^5$ hou$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: méi$^5$ hou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /mei̯¹³ hou̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-hó
*** Hakka Romanization System: mi$^ˊ$ ho$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mi$^1$ ho$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴ ho³¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: mi$^1$ hau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /mi⁴⁴⁻³⁵ hau³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-hó
*** Tâi-lô: bí-hó
*** Phofsit Daibuun: by'hoir
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ho⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɤ⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: mui$^2$ ho$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: múi hó
*** Sinological IPA : /mui⁵²⁻³⁵ ho⁵²⁻²¹/

### Adjective

美好
* fine; glorious; happy; good; wonderful
    美好的生活 ― měihǎo de shēnghuó ― beautiful life
    美好的未來／美好的未来 ― měihǎo de wèilái ― fine future
    美好的回憶／美好的回忆 ― měihǎo de huíyì ― glorious memory
    最美好的祝願／最美好的祝愿 ― zuì měihǎo de zhùyuàn ― best wishes
       gěi háizi yīge měihǎo de tóngnián [Pinyin]
       to give children a happy childhood
       Měihǎo shíguāng shì nàyàng de duǎnzàn, wǎnruò tiānkōng huá guò de liúxīng bān zhuǎnshùnjíshì. [Pinyin]
       Happy times are so short; like a shooting star, they are gone in an instant.

#### Synonyms

* 亹亹 (wěiwěi) (literary)
* 佼好 (jiǎohǎo) (literary)
* 圓滿／圆满 (yuánmǎn)
* 妙 (miào)
* 妙善 (miàoshàn) (literary)
* 完滿／完满 (wánmǎn)
* 美善 (měishàn) (literary)
* 美妙 (měimiào)
* 美滿／美满 (měimǎn)
* 錦繡／锦绣 (jǐnxiù) (figurative)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 好, 良, 善, 佳 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 好, 良好, 美好, 佳 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 好, 強 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 好 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 好 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 好, 賽, 強 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 好, 嫽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 好 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 好, 傲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 好 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 好, 㜺 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 好, 㜺 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 好 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 好 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 好 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 好 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 好 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 好, 㜺 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 好 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 好 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 好 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 好 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 好 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 好 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 好 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 好 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 好 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 好 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 好 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 好 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 好 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 好 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 好 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 好 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 好 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 好 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 好, 㜺, 靈, 嗲 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 畢㜺 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong) | 出客 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong) | 出客 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Fengxian) | 靈 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jinshan) | 靈 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 好, 㜺 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 好 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 好 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 好 |