豪華

See also: 豪华

Chinese

grand; heroic; luxurious
 
flowery; flourishing; magnificent
flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain
trad. (豪華) 豪 華
simp. (豪华) 豪 华

Pronunciation


Adjective

豪華

  1. extravagant; luxurious
    豪華生活/豪华生活  ―  háohuá shēnghuó  ―  high life
  2. grand; majestic; sumptuous

Synonyms

  • (extravagant):
  • (grand):

Antonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
豪 華
ごう
Grade: S
か
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 豪華 (MC haw hwae|xwae|hwaeH, literally “grand + flowery”). Compare modern Cantonese reading hou4 waa4.

Pronunciation

Adjective

豪(ごう)華(か) • (gōka) ←がうくわ (gaukwa)?-na (adnominal 豪(ごう)華(か)な (gōka na), adverbial 豪(ごう)華(か)に (gōka ni))

  1. splendid, luxurious, gorgeous, magnificent
    彼(かれ)は豪(ごう)華(か)なホテルに泊(と)まる。
    Kare wa gōka na hoteru ni tomaru.
    He stays at splendid hotels.

Inflection

Antonyms

Noun

豪(ごう)華(か) • (gōka) ←がうくわ (gaukwa)?

  1. luxury, magnificence

Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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