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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
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
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 ...
好久
hǎojiǔ
quite a while
好事
hǎoshì
good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed")
Example Sentences (10)
你咳嗽好点儿了吗？医生怎么说的？
Nǐ ké sou hǎo diǎnr le ma? Yīshēng zěnme shuō de?
Is your cough any better? What did the doctor say?
Text 2
你网球打得真好，还得过那么多国际大奖！每次看你比赛，感觉你轻轻松松就赢了。
Nǐ wǎngqiú dǎ de zhēnhǎo, hái déguo nàme duō guójì dàjiǎng! Měicì kàn nǐ bǐsài, gǎnjué nǐ qīngqīngsōngsōng jiù yíng le.
You play tennis really well, and you’ve even won so many international awards! Every time I watch you play, it feels like you win easily.
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
“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
外边天气很好，我们出去运动运动吧！
Wàibiān tiānqì hěn hǎo, wǒmen chūqù yùndòng yùndòng ba!
The weather outside is great; let's go out and get some exercise!
Text 2
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
一个人有时间一定要去旅行，旅行不仅能丰富一个人的经历，而且是很好的减压方法。
Yí gè rén yǒu shíjiān yídìng yào qù lǚxíng, lǚxíng bùjǐn néng fēngfù yí gè rén de jīnglì, érqiě shì hěn hǎo de jiǎnyā fāngfǎ.
When someone has time, they should definitely travel. Travel not only enriches a person's experience but is also a great way to relieve stress.
Text 5
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
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 81
- Word Frequency Rank
- 29 of 84,292