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好

hǎo

HSK 1 Character

What 好 means

1. good
2. appropriate; proper
3. all right!
4. (before a verb) easy to
5. (before a verb) good to
6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so
7. (verb complement indicating completion)
8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms
9. (after a personal pronoun) hello

Other readings

好 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• hàoto be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to

Example sentences

• 好
  Hǎo
  Good.
• 好。
  Good.
• 好！
  Good!
• 好嘞！
  Hǎo lei!
  Roger!
• 好棒！
  Hǎobàng!
  Awesome!
• 好哇！
  Hǎowā!
  Hooray!

Words starting with 好

• 好吃hǎo chītasty; delicious
• 好像hǎo xiàngas if; to seem like
• 好好hǎo hǎowell; carefully; nicely; properly
• 好处hǎo chubenefit; advantage; merit; gain; profit; also pr. hǎo chù
• 好奇hào qíinquisitive; curious; inquisitiveness
• 好象hǎo xiàngto seem; to be like (variant of 好像
• 好多hǎo duōmany; quite a lot; much better
• 好客hào kèhospitality; to treat guests well; to enjoy having guests
• 好几hǎo jǐseveral; quite a few
• 好看hǎo kàngood-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good…
• 好友hǎo yǒuclose friend; pal; (social networking website) friend
• 好事hǎo shìgood action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity…
• 好久hǎo jiǔ(colloquial) for a long time
• 好人hǎo réngood person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense…
• 好在hǎo zàiluckily; fortunately
• 好玩hǎo wánamusing; fun; interesting
• 好朋友hǎo péng yougood friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period)
• 好听hǎo tīngpleasant to hear
• 好不容易hǎo bù róng yìwith great difficulty; very difficult
• 好笑hǎo xiàolaughable; funny; ridiculous
• 好些hǎo xiēa good deal of; quite a lot
• 好感hǎo gǎngood opinion; favorable impression
• 好心hǎo xīnkindness; good intentions
• 好莱坞Hǎo lái wùHollywood; also pr. Hǎo lái wū

Words containing 好

• 不好bù hǎono good
• 最好zuì hǎobest; had better ...; it would be best to ...
• 爱好ài hàoto like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on; interest; hobby
• 只好zhǐ hǎoto have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
• 正好zhèng hǎojust (in time); just right; just enough
• 友好yǒu hǎofriendly; amicable; close friend
• 良好liáng hǎogood; favorable; well
• 不好意思bù hǎo yì sito feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
• 幸好xìng hǎofortunately
• 恰到好处qià dào hǎo chùit's just perfect; it's just right
• 美好měi hǎobeautiful; fine
• 也好yě hǎothat's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ...
• 刚好gāng hǎojust; exactly; to happen to be
• 说好shuō hǎoto come to an agreement; to complete negotiations
• 要好yào hǎoto be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement
• 爱好者ài hào zhělover (of art, sports etc); amateur; enthusiast; fan
• 看好kàn hǎoto regard as having good prospects
• 恰好qià hǎoas it turns out; by lucky coincidence; (of number, time, size etc) just right
• 学好xué hǎoto follow good examples
• 搞好gǎo hǎoto do well at; to do a good job
• 讨好tǎo hǎoto get the desired outcome; to win favor by fawning on sb; to curry favor with
• 喜好xǐ hàoto like; fond of; to prefer
• 修好xiū hǎoto repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with…
• 治好zhì hǎoto cure

Characters that look like 好

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 妨fángto hinder; (in the negative or interrogative) (no) harm; (what) harm
• 奸jiānwicked; crafty; traitor
• 妊rènpregnant; pregnancy
• 妍yánbeautiful
• 歼jiānto annihilate; abbr. for 歼击机
• 纾shūabundant; ample; at ease

Sounds the same

Read hǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 郝ancient place name; surname Hao