(jiā) — fine, excellent, beautiful

Definition

Literary/written adjective for 'fine, excellent' — almost always used inside set phrases (最佳, 颇佳, 极佳) rather than alone. Pairs with 好 in the greeting 祝你好佳? No: use this only in the fixed 佳节/佳肴/佳绩/最佳 pattern.

adjective
fineexcellentbeautiful

Examples

  • Wǒ men xuǎn zé le yí gè jué jiā de shí jī chū fā.
    We chose an excellent time to depart.
  • Tā de zhōng wén fā yīn jí jiā.
    Her Chinese pronunciation is excellent.
  • Zhè bù diàn yǐng de piào fáng chéng jì pō jiā.
    This movie's box office performance is quite good.

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