Chinese

Adverb

好耐

1. (Cantonese) take a long time

   佢食嘢食好耐。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   Keoi⁵ sik⁶ je⁵ sik⁶hou² noi⁶. [Jyutping]

   He takes a long time to eat.

2. (Cantonese) for a while; for a long time

   因為流傳咗好耐，歌詞有好多唔同嘅版本。 [Cantonese, trad.]

   因为流传咗好耐，歌词有好多唔同嘅版本。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   From: 2014, Cantonese Wikipedia, 氹氹轉，菊花園

   Jan¹ wai⁶ lau⁴ cyun⁴ zo²hou² noi⁶, go¹ ci⁴ jau⁵ hou² do¹ m⁴ tung⁴ ge³ baan² bun². [Jyutping]

   Because [the song] has circulated for a long time, the lyrics have a lot of different versions.

   掉咗好耐囉！ / 掉咗好耐啰！ [Cantonese]  ―  Deu⁶ zo²hou² noi⁶ lo¹! [Jyutping]  ―  I threw it away a long time ago!

Derived terms

Adjective

好耐

1. (Cantonese) very long (period of time)

   因為喺香港有好耐歷史，好多人將「出前一丁」同「公仔麵」變成即食麪嘅同意詞。 [Cantonese, trad.]

   因为喺香港有好耐历史，好多人将“出前一丁”同“公仔面”变成即食麪嘅同意词。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   From: 2006, Cantonese Wikipedia, 出前一丁

   Jan¹ wai⁶ hai² hoeng¹ gong² jau⁵hou² noi⁶ lik⁶ si², hou² do¹ jan⁴ zoeng¹ "ceot¹ cin⁴ jat¹ ding¹" tung⁴ "gung¹ zai² min⁶" bin³ sing⁴ zik¹ sik⁶ min⁶ ge³ tung⁴ ji³ ci⁴. [Jyutping]

   Because it has a very long history in Hong Kong, there are a lot of people who use "Demae Itcho" and "Doll Instant Noodles" as synonyms of instant noodles.