好 (hǎo): good
好 (hǎo) is a Chinese character meaning “good.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 女 (structural) and 子 (structural). It ranks #82 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 好 a woman 女 with a son 子. Its radical form 女 (woman) appears in many related characters such as 女 (nǚ, woman), 奶 (nǎi, grandmother, milk), 她 (tā, she).
Definitions
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Etymology & Origin
ideographicA woman 女 with a son 子
Decomposition: ⿰女子 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 好
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 好像verb/adverb | hǎo xiàng | as if | 3 |
| 好好adjective/adverb | hǎo hǎo | in perfectly good condition | 4 |
| 不好意思adjective | bù hǎo yì si | to feel embarrassed | 2 |
| 好运noun | hǎo yùn | good luck | 5 |
| 美好adjective | měi hǎo | beautiful | 4 |
| 正好adjective/adverb | zhèng hǎo | just (in time) | 4 |
| 好处noun | hǎo chǔ | easy to get along with | 4 |
| 好多numeral | hǎo duō | many | 3 |
| 好看adjective | hǎo kàn | good-looking | 1 |
| 你好interjection | nǐ hǎo | hello | 1 |
| 好吃adjective | hǎo chī | tasty | 1 |
| 好奇adjective | hào qí | inquisitive | 5 |
| 好笑adjective | hǎo xiào | laughable | 4 |
| 好久adjective | hǎo jiǔ | (coll.) for a long time | 3 |
| 最好adverb | zuì hǎo | best | 3 |
| 刚好adjective/adverb | gāng hǎo | just | 5 |
| 友好adjective | yǒu hǎo | friendly | 4 |
| 良好adjective | liáng hǎo | good | 5 |
| 只好adverb | zhǐ hǎo | to have no other option but to ... | 4 |
| 爱好verb/noun | ài hào | to like | 2 |
| 好听adjective | hǎo tīng | pleasant to hear | 1 |
| 好转verb | hǎo zhuǎn | to improve | 5 |
| 也好particle | yě hǎo | that's fine | 6 |
| 恰好adverb | qià hǎo | as it turns out | 6 |
| 看好verb | kān hǎo | to keep an eye on | 6 |
| 好感noun | hǎo gǎn | good opinion | 6 |
| 好玩儿adjective | hǎo wán r | erhua variant of 好玩 | 1 |
| 好不adverb | hǎo bù | not at all ... | 6 |
| 好评noun | hǎo píng | favorable criticism | 5 |
| 好客adjective | hào kè | hospitality | 6 |
| 亲朋好友noun | qīn péng hǎo yǒu | friends and family | 5 |
| 好容易adjective | hǎo róng yì | (idiomatic usage) with great difficulty | 6 |
| 好学verb | hǎo xué | easy to learn | 6 |
好 appears in 117 compound words: 56 as the first character, 36 as the last, and 8 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 好 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (38)
cannot tell good from bad; to mistake good for bad; to be unable to see others' good intentions
there's no accounting for taste; to each his own; different strokes for different folks; chacun à son goût
to share pleasure in the company of others (idiom); shared enjoyment with fellow enthusiasts
there's no accounting for taste; to each his own; different strokes for different folks; chacun à son goût
Showing 12 of 38 idioms containing 好.
Example Sentences
这个方案很好，既节省了成本，又提高了效率。
Zhè gè fāng'àn hěn hǎo, jì jiéshěng le chéngběn, yòu tígāo le xiàolǜ.
This plan is very good; it saves costs while improving efficiency.
视频丨繁荣昌盛,越来越好!这个春节听听大家给祖国的..
shì pín 丨 fán róng chāng shèng , yuè lái yuè hǎo ! zhè gè chūn jié tīng tīng dà jiā gěi zǔ guó de . .
Video丨Prosperity and prosperity, getting better and better! This Spring Festival, listen to what everyone has for the motherland:
繁荣昌盛,越来越好!这个春节听听大家给祖国的祝福
fán róng chāng shèng , yuè lái yuè hǎo ! zhè gè chūn jié tīng tīng dà jiā gěi zǔ guó de zhù fú
Prosperity and prosperity, better and better! This Spring Festival, listen to everyone's blessings to the motherland
新春纳福迎新,就来凯德虹口商业中心,福气好物一站式..
xīn chūn nà fú yíng xīn , jiù lái kǎi dé hóng kǒu shāng yè zhōng xīn , fú qì hǎo wù yī zhàn shì . .
Come to CapitaLand Hongkou Commercial Center for a one-stop shop for good fortune and good fortune....
金牌,苏翊鸣送给自己最好的生日礼物!
jīn pái , sū 翊 míng sòng gěi zì jǐ zuì hǎo de shēng rì lǐ wù !
Gold Medal: Su Yiming's Best Birthday Gift to Himself!
轻型战斗机,五星好评?
qīng xíng zhàn dǒu jī , wǔ xīng hǎo píng ?
Lightweight fighter jet, five-star rating?
你好汤姆！你什么时候来的？
Nǐhǎo Tāngmǔ! nǐ shénmeshíhou lái de?
Hello Tom! When did you come?
你好！你还在那里吗？
Nǐhǎo! nǐ hái zài nàli ma?
Hello! Are you still there?
这么做有什么好处吗？
Zhème zuò yǒu shénme hǎochu ma?
Does doing things in this way have a benefit?
这是份好报纸，不是吗？
Zhè shì fèn hǎo bàozhǐ, bùshìma?
This is a good newspaper, isn't it?
Character Family
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