好
hǎo
Pinyin

Definition

好
 - 
hǎo
  1. good
  2. well
  3. proper
  4. good to
  5. easy to
  6. very
  7. so
  8. (suffix indicating completion or readiness)
  9. (of two people) close
  10. on intimate terms
  11. (after a personal pronoun) hello
好
 - 
hào
  1. to be fond of
  2. to have a tendency to
  3. to be prone to

Character Decomposition

Compounds (1)

孬
nāo
  1. 1 (dialect) no good
  2. 2 (contraction of 不 and 好)
  3. 3 see also: 孬种 nāo zhǒng

Related Words (20)

好
hǎo
  1. 1 good
  2. 2 well
  3. 3 proper
  4. 4 good to
  5. 5 easy to
  6. 6 very
  7. 7 so
  8. 8 (suffix indicating completion or readiness)
  9. 9 (of two people) close
  10. 10 on intimate terms
  11. 11 (after a personal pronoun) hello
只好
zhǐ hǎo
  1. 1 without any better option
  2. 2 to have to
  3. 3 to be forced to
好不容易
hǎo bù róng yì
  1. 1 with great difficulty
  2. 2 very difficult
好久
hǎo jiǔ
  1. 1 quite a while
好似
hǎo sì
  1. 1 to seem
  2. 2 to be like

Idioms (20)

不问好歹
bù wèn hǎo dǎi
  1. 1 no matter what may happen (idiom)
不知好歹
bù zhī hǎo dǎi
  1. 1 unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom)
  2. 2 not to know what's good for one
  3. 3 unable to recognize others' good intentions
不识好歹
bù shí hǎo dǎi
  1. 1 unable to tell good from bad (idiom)
  2. 2 undiscriminating
做好做歹
zuò hǎo zuò dǎi
  1. 1 to persuade using all possible arguments (idiom); to act good cop and bad cop in turn
公诸同好
gōng zhū tóng hào
  1. 1 to share pleasure in the company of others (idiom); shared enjoyment with fellow enthusiasts

Sample Sentences

好。你再看这儿，这预付款也太多了吧。
hǎo 。nǐ zài kàn zhèr ，zhè yùfùkuǎn yě tài duō le ba 。
Alright. Then you look at this article. The down payment is a bit too much.
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好好好，那我分批出货，尽快赶给您。
hǎohǎohǎo ，nà wǒ fēnpī chūhuò ，jǐnkuài gǎn gěi nín 。
Ok, then I will ship the products in batches, and deliver them as soon as possible.
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您真会打算盘。好，运费我就包了。
nín zhēn huì dǎsuànpán 。hǎo ，yùnfèi wǒ jiù bāo le 。
You are clever. Ok, I will cover the shipment fee.
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好吧好吧，那运费就免了吧。
hǎoba hǎoba ，nà yùnfèi jiù miǎn le ba 。
Alright, then the shipment fee shall be omitted.
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你这人真干脆如果这次货卖得好，下次给你个大订单！
nǐ zhè rén zhēn gāncuì rúguǒ zhècì huò mài de hǎo ，xiàcì gěi nǐ ge dà dìngdān ！
You are really straightforward! If the product sells well, let’s make a bigger deal next time.
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好，祝我们共创双赢！
hǎo ，zhù wǒmen gòngchuàng shuāngyíng ！
Let’s create a win-win situation!
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这个提案好是好，但是成本太高了。
zhège tíàn hǎo shì hǎo ，dànshì chéngběn tài gāo le 。
This is a great idea, but the costs are too high.
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…好是好，就是…
hǎoshìhǎojiùshì
… is good, except …
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你的计划好是好，就是需要的人力很多
nǐ de jìhuà hǎo shì hǎo ，jiùshì xūyào de rénlì hěn duō
Your project is great, except that it will require a lot of manpower.
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这个提案好是好就是场地有问题。
zhège tíàn hǎo shì hǎo jiùshì chǎngdì yǒu wèntí 。
This is a great idea, except that there are some problems with the location.
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