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好hou2人jan4

hou2 jan4hǎo rén

English

  1. good person
  2. good person
  3. (of personality) good; kindhearted; kind; nice; helpful; easy to get along with
  4. good person
  5. healthy person
  6. person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一個人嘅個性、心地非常之好;好肯幫人;好易相處
  2. 個性、心地非常之好,肯幫人,易相處嘅人(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 你真係好人嘞。

    You are really kind and helpful.

  • 好人有好報嘅。

    A person with a kind heart will be rewarded.

  • 佢好好人,借咗一大筆錢俾我。

    She was kind enough to lend me a large sum of money.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我嗰班嗰啲女仔全部都好好人。

    All the girls in my class are kind.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 你咁忙都肯幫我,你真係好好人。

    Although you are busy, you still do me a favour. You are really very nice.

  • 落咁大雨,都幫我哋搬屋,佢真係好人呀!

    How kind of him to help us move on such a rainy day!

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 佢係個好人。

    Tatoeba · dngzz1 CC BY

  • 雖然呢個小鎮好擠迫,但係住喺呢度嘅人好好人,對任何人都好歡迎。

    Tatoeba CC BY

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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