好事

hǎoshì/hàoshì

good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity

HSK 3.0 · Level 2 noun

Meaning

hǎoshì hao3 shi4

good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed")
charity
happy occasion
Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead

hàoshì hao4 shi4

to be meddlesome

Example sentences

diànshì 电视 shàng 上 méiyǒu 没有 shénme 什么 hǎoshì 好事。

There's nothing good on television.
niánqīng 年轻 de 的 shíhou 时候 duō 多 kàn 看 diǎn 点 hǎo 好 shū 书 shì 是 jiàn 件 hǎoshì 好事。

It's a good thing to read good books when you are young.
nà 那 bù 不 huì 会 shì 是 yī 一 jiàn 件 hǎoshì 好事。

That wouldn't be a good thing.
fāshēng 发生 le 了 shénme 什么 hǎoshì 好事 ma 吗？

Has something good happened?

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