好
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
- 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 personal pronoun) hello
- to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
How often each reading is used
Example sentences
HSK words with 好 · 24 of 57
- 最好 zuìhǎo best
- 好看 hǎokàn good-looking
- 好吃 hǎochī tasty
- 好听 hǎotīng pleasant to hear
- 爱好 àihào to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on
- 好玩儿 hǎowánr erhua variant of 好玩
- 好像 hǎoxiàng as if
- 好多 hǎoduō many
- 正好 zhènghǎo just (in time)
- 好处 hǎochǔ easy to get along with
- 好事 hǎoshì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed")
- 不好意思 bùhǎoyìsi to feel embarrassed
- 好久 hǎojiǔ quite a while
- 友好 yǒuhǎo friendly; amicable
- 好人 hǎorén good person
- 挺好 tǐnghǎo very good
- 好好 hǎohǎo well
- 美好 měihǎo beautiful
- 只好 zhǐhǎo to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
- 好奇 hàoqí inquisitive
- 良好 liánghǎo good
- 好友 hǎoyǒu close friend
- 好运 hǎoyùn good luck
- 也好 yěhǎo that's fine