好看
hǎo kàn
Pinyin

Definition

好看
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hǎo kàn
  1. good-looking
  2. nice-looking
  3. good (of a movie, book, TV show etc)
  4. embarrassed
  5. humiliated

Character Decomposition

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
看
kān
  1. 1 to look after
  2. 2 to take care of
  3. 3 to watch
  4. 4 to guard
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

Idioms (20)

一眼看穿
yī yǎn kàn chuān
  1. 1 to see through something at first glance (idiom)
不问好歹
bù wèn hǎo dǎi
  1. 1 no matter what may happen (idiom)
不看僧面看佛面
bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn
  1. 1 lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
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

Sample Sentences

他的字天马行空，非常好看。
tā de zì tiānmǎxíngkōng ，fēicháng hǎokàn 。
His handwriting is artistic. It’s beautiful.
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爱护环境、循环利用嘛。走走走，我去给你挑一副好看的3D眼镜。
àihù huánjìng 、xúnhuán lìyòng ma 。zǒu zǒu zǒu ，wǒ qù gěi nǐ tiāo yī fù hǎokàn de yǎnjìng 。
Care for the environment, recycle and reuse. Let’s go, I’ll help you choose a good looking pair of 3D glasses.
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真好看，谢谢。
zhēn hǎokàn ，xièxie 。
Really pretty. Thank you.
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他写英文字写得很不好看。
tā xiě Yīngwén zì xiě de hěn bù hǎokàn 。
But his English writing is very poor.
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哈利波特有七本书，都很好看。
hālìbōtè yǒu qī běn shū ，dōu hěn hǎokàn 。
There are seven Harry Potter books, and they are all great.
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我们都很好看。
wǒmen dōu hěn hǎokàn 。
We are both good-looking.
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我觉得中国的名人都很好看。
wǒ juéde Zhōngguó de míngrén dōu hěn hǎokàn 。
I think Chinese celebrities are all good-looking.
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上次我在网络交友的时候，遇到一个很好看的人。但是见到本人之后，这个人长得跟照片完全不一样，简直是挂羊头卖狗肉啊！
shàngcì wǒ zài Wǎngluò jiāoyǒu de shíhou ，yùdào yīgē hěn hǎokàn de rén 。dànshì jiàndào běnrén zhīhòu ，zhège rén cháng de gēn zhàopiàn wánquán bù yīyàng ，jiǎnzhí shì guàyángtóumàigǒuròu a ！
I met someone really good-looking when I was dating online last time, but after I met her in person, I realized she looked totally different from her photo. She totally cried wine and sold vinegar!
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中国的电影都不好看。
Zhōngguó de diànyǐng dōu bù hǎokàn 。
None of the Chinese movies are good.
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中国的电影不全都是好看的。
Zhōngguó de diànyǐng bù quándōu shì hǎokàn de 。
Not all of Chinese movies are good.
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