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好
hǎo
1.
good
2.
well
3.
proper
4.
good to
5.
easy to
6.
very
7.
so
8.
(suffix indicating completion or readiness)
9.
(of an unmarried couple) to be close
10.
to be keen on each other
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
上好
shànghǎo
first-rate
不好
bùhǎo
no good
你好
nǐhǎo
Hello!
修好
xiūhǎo
to repair
偏好
piānhào
to prefer
充好
chōnghǎo
to substitute shoddy goods
再好
zàihǎo
even better
利好
lìhǎo
favorable
刚好
gānghǎo
just
友好
Yǒuhǎo
Youhao district of Yichun city [[伊春市<Yīchūnshì>]], Heilongjiang
友好
yǒuhǎo
friendly
只好
zhǐhǎo
without any better option
叫好
jiàohǎo
to applaud
可好
kěhǎo
good or not?
和好
héhǎo
to become reconciled
问好
wènhǎo
to say hello to
喜好
xǐhào
to like
嗜好
shìhào
hobby
坐好
zuòhǎo
to sit properly
好不
hǎobù
not at all ...
Example Sentences (10)
“读书好，读好书，好读书”。
"Dúshū hǎo, dú hǎo shū, hào dúshū".
"Reading is good, read good books, love reading".
Text 5
“读书好，读好书，好读书”。
"Dúshū hǎo, dú hǎo shū, hào dúshū".
"Reading is good, read good books, love reading".
Text 5
真没想到你一个来自美国的外国留学生，能把京剧唱得这么好。
Zhēn méi xiǎngdào nǐ yí gè láizì Měiguó de wàiguó liúxuéshēng, néng bǎ Jīngjù chàng de zhème hǎo.
I really didn’t expect that you, a foreign student from the United States, could sing Peking Opera so well.
Text 2
有的人希望穿得再好一些，房子再大一些，认为经济条件越好人就越幸福。
Yǒu de rén xīwàng chuān de zài hǎo yīxiē, fángzi zài dà yīxiē, rènwéi jīngjì tiáojiàn yuè hǎo rén jiù yuè xìngfú.
Some people hope to dress a bit better, have a slightly bigger house, and believe that the better the economic conditions, the happier people are.
Text 4
人人都会使用语言，但是怎么用语言把话说好却是一门艺术。
Rénrén dōu huì shǐyòng yǔyán, dànshì zěnme yòng yǔyán bǎ huà shuō hǎo què shì yí mén yìshù.
Everyone can use language, but how to use language to speak well is an art.
Text 4
你看人家王老师，刚来这儿工作三年就当了教授，还有个好妻子，真让人羡慕！
Nǐ kàn rénjiā Wáng lǎoshī, gāng lái zhèr gōngzuò sān nián jiù dāng le jiàoshòu, hái yǒu gè hǎo qīzǐ, zhēn ràng rén xiànmù!
Look at Teacher Wang: he came here to work only three years ago and already became a professor, and he even has a good wife. It really makes people envious!
Text 2
人们常说“一分钱一分货”，意思是东西的质量和价格有很大的关系，也可以说“便宜没好货，好货不便宜”，一般情况下，你花的钱越多，买的东西也就越好。
Rénmen cháng shuō "yì fēn qián yì fēn huò", yìsi shì dōngxi de zhìliàng hé jiàgé yǒu hěn dà de guānxi, yě kěyǐ shuō "piányi méi hǎo huò, hǎo huò bù piányi", yìbān qíngkuàng xià, nǐ huā de qián yuè duō, mǎi de dōngxi yě jiù yuè hǎo.
People often say "you get what you pay for", meaning that the quality of something is closely related to its price. You can also say "cheap isn't good; good isn't cheap". In general, the more money you spend, the better the things you buy.
Text 5
马可，你的中文说得越来越好了！
Mǎkě, nǐ de Zhōngwén shuō de yuè lái yuè hǎo le!
Marco, your Chinese is getting better and better!
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 81
- Word Frequency Rank
- 29 of 84,292