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好莱坞

Hǎo lái wùdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Hollywood / also pr. [Hǎoláiwū]
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-d7747a3360c95512. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

好萊塢 好莱坞 [Hao3 lai2 wu4] /Hollywood/also pr. [Hao3lai2wu1]/

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Other forms in these source records: 好萊塢

  • 好
    hǎo

    good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a form of address) hello

    hào

    to be fond of / to have a tendency to / to be prone to

  • 莱
    lái

    name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc) / Chenopodium album

  • 坞
    wù

    (bound form) low area within a surrounding barrier / (literary) small castle / fort

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.