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好客

hào kè

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

好客 (hào kè) means "hospitality". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 好客 means

1. hospitality
2. to treat guests well
3. to enjoy having guests
4. hospitable
5. friendly

The characters in 好客

• 好hǎogood; appropriate; proper; all right!
• 客kècustomer; visitor; guest; classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)

Example sentences

• 阿尔及利亚人是好客的族群。
  The Algerians are a hospitable people.
• 所有的客人都被她的好客感动了。
  Suǒyǒu de kèrén dōu bèi tā de hàokè gǎndòng le.
  All the guests were touched by her hospitality.
• 大多数中国人是非常好客的，尤其是住在农村的人。
  Dàduōshù Zhōngguórén shì fēicháng hàokè de, yóuqíshì zhù zài nóngcūn de rén.
  Many Chinese people make good guests, especially those from rural areas.
• 回答这个问题时，有的人可能提出“中国人很好客而英国人比较矜持的”这样的例子。
  Huídá zhège wèntí shí, yǒude rén kěnéng tíchū "Zhōngguórén hěn hàokè ér Yīngguórén bǐjiào jīnchí de " zhèyàng de lìzi.
  When answering this question, some people might put forward this kind of example: "Chinese people are very hospitable, whilst English people are more reserved."

Where 好客 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · háng–hé (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read hào kè correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.