好hou2過gwo3

English

1. to have an easy time
2. better than
3. (feel) well
4. would rather; might as well

粵語 — Cantonese

1. （形容詞「好」嘅比較形）兩者作比較時，一樣嘢比另一樣好
2. 用嚟表達一個選項好差，另一個選項雖然唔係太理想，但係都未有咁差；經常同「不如」「索性」喺同一句出現

Examples

• 綠燈先好過馬路。

  Only cross the street on the green light.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 悉尼好過墨爾本。

  Sydney is better than Melbourne.

  Tatoeba · Akh2403 CC BY

• 佢彈琴彈得好過我。

  He plays the piano better than I do.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 佢做得好過上一次。

  He did better than last time.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 有啲嘢唔知好過知。

  Ignorance is bliss.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 匈牙利文好過世界語。

  The Hungarian language is better than Esperanto.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 我覺得佢嘅表現好過其他人。

  I think his performance is better than others. ----

• 中學畢業嘅文職人工咁奀，我不如去當差好過啦。

  The pay of an office job for a high school graduate is so low, I might as well become a police officer.