# 好好
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hǎohǎo, hǎohāo
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ, ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hou$^2$ hou$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hó-hó
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó-hó
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$hau-hau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hǎohǎo [Phonetic: háohǎo]
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hǎohǎo
*** Wade–Giles: hao$^3$-hao$^3$
*** Yale: hǎu-hǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haohao
*** Palladius: хаохао (xaoxao)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hǎohāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hǎohao
*** Wade–Giles: hao$^3$-hao$^1$
*** Yale: hǎu-hāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haohau
*** Palladius: хаохао (xaoxao)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (好好兒／好好儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hǎohāor
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hǎohaor
*** Wade–Giles: hao$^3$-hao$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: hǎu-hāur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haohaul
*** Palladius: хаохаор (xaoxaor)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hou$^2$ hou$^2$
*** Yale: hóu hóu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hou$^2$ hou$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hou$^2$ hou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hou̯³⁵ hou̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-hó
*** Hakka Romanization System: ho$^ˋ$ ho$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ho$^3$ ho$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ ho³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-hó
*** Tâi-lô: hó-hó
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'hoir
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ho⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɤ⁴¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$hau-hau
*** MiniDict: hau$^去$ hau
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$hau-hau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hɔ³³ hɔ⁴⁴/

#### Adverb

好好
* all out; to one's heart's content; earnestly; hard (of way of working)
       Wǒ huì hǎohǎo nǔlì bǎ wǒ de bóshì dúwán. [Pinyin]
       I will work hard to finish my doctorate.
       Ràng wǒ zài hǎohāor xiǎng xiǎng. [Pinyin]
       Let me think it over again carefully.
       Jīntiān bù hǎohǎo gōngzuò, míngtiān gōngzuò dōu nánbǎo. [Pinyin]
       If you don't work hard today, you may not have a job to come back to tomorrow.
* behaving oneself

#### Adjective

好好
* very good; very well
* in perfectly good condition

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hǎo hǎo
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hou$^2$ hou$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hǎo hǎo [Phonetic: háohǎo]
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hǎo hǎo
*** Wade–Giles: hao$^3$ hao$^3$
*** Yale: hǎu hǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hao hao
*** Palladius: хао хао (xao xao)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hou$^2$ hou$^2$
*** Yale: hóu hóu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hou$^2$ hou$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hou$^2$ hou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hou̯³⁵ hou̯³⁵/

#### Phrase

好好
* (chiefly Cantonese) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 好,‎ 好: very good; excellent
       gam$^1$ jat$^6$ tin$^1$ hei$^3$ hou$^2$ hou$^2$. [Jyutping]
       Today's weather is excellent.
    今天天氣好好。／今天天气好好。 ― Jīntiān tiānqì hǎo hǎo. ― Today's weather is so good.
       ni$^1$ paai$^4$ saang$^1$ ji$^3$ zan$^1$ hai$^6$ hou$^2$ hou$^2$. [Jyutping]
       Business has been booming lately.
** 1995 or later, “觀賞冬天的星座 (冬の星座を見るゾ)” (6:26 from the start), in Crayon Shin-chan (anime), Taiwanese Mandarin edition, episode 134:
       Kàn wán xīngxīng yǐhòu, wǒ tūrán juéde xīnqíng hǎo hǎo wa. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** c. 1996, 瓊瑤, 林久愉, 2:05 from the start, in 她們三個, 歸亞蕾 (actor):
       Zhèlǐ fēngjǐng hǎo hǎo wa. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Derived terms

* 好好先生
* 好好學習，天天向上／好好学习，天天向上