好 hǎo

1. hǎo adjective good
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
   Notes: For example, 她看一切事情都很好 'She saw that everything was very good.' (Ye Shengtao, 1999, p. 18) 好 is one of the most overloaded words in Chinese, it can have a range of meanings depending on tone and context (Guoyu '好' hǎo adj 3; Kroll 2015 '好' hǎo 3, p. 154; NCCED '好' hǎo 1).
2. hǎo suffix indicates completion or readiness
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (Guoyu '好' hǎo adv 2; Kroll 2015 '好' hǎo 6, p. 154; NCCED '好' hǎo 3)
3. hào verb to be fond of; to be friendly
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 爱; for example the idiom, 好学不倦 'fond of learning not of labor' (Guoyu '好' hào v 1; Kroll 2015 '好' hào 1, p. 154; NCCED '好' hào 1)
4. hǎo interjection indicates agreement
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Interjection
   Notes: In the sense of 可以 (Guoyu '好' hǎo interjection 1; NCCED '好' hǎo 6)
5. hǎo adjective indicates disatisfaction or sarcasm
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '好' hǎo interjection 2; NCCED '好' hǎo 13)
6. hǎo adjective easy; convenient
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 容易 (Guoyu '好' hǎo adv 3; NCCED '好' hǎo 7)
7. hǎo adverb very; quite
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
   Notes: In the sense of 很 or 非常 (Guoyu '好' hǎo adv 1; NCCED '好' hǎo 5)
8. hǎo adverb many; long
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '好' hǎo adv 7)
9. hǎo verb so as to
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 以便 (Guoyu '好' hǎo adv 4; NCCED '好' hǎo 8)
10. hǎo adjective friendly; kind
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 友爱 (Guoyu '好' hǎo adj 2; Kroll 2015 '好' hǎo 4, p. 154; NCCED '好' hǎo 2)
11. hào verb to be likely to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '好' hào 2)
12. hǎo adjective beautiful
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: 好 is synonymous with 美好 in this sense; for example the idiom, 花好月圆 'flowers are beautiful, moon is round [everything is wonderful]' (Guoyu '好' hǎo adj 1; Kroll 2015 '好' hǎo 1, p. 154)
13. hǎo verb to be healthy; to be recovered
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 痊愈 (Guoyu '好' hǎo v 2; NCCED '好' hǎo 4)
14. hǎo adjective remarkable; excellent
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '好' hǎo 2, p. 154)
15. hǎo adjective suitable
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '好' hǎo 5, p. 154)
16. hào noun a hole in a coin or jade disk
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '好' hào n 2; Kroll 2015 '好' hào 2, p. 154)
17. hào noun a fond object
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '好' hào n 1, p. 154)

Contained in

• 好道 don't tell me ...; could it be that...?
• 什么好说(什麼好說) pertinent to say
• 行好 to give to charity
• 言归于好(言歸於好) to become reconciled; to bury the hatchet
• 作好准备(作好準備) to prepare; to make adequate preparation
• 好朋友 a good friend
• 最好 best ; it would be better
• 刚好(剛好) just; exactly; to happen to be
• 好得 how can it be possible that
• 好样的(好樣的) a good person
• 好恶(好惡) lit. likes and dislikes; preferences; taste
• 好记(好記) easy to remember
• 不好看 unsightly ; embarrassed
• 不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫(不管白貓黑貓，捉住老鼠就是好貓) it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black
• 好戏还在后头(好戲還在後頭) the best part of the show is yet to come; (with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come
• 好天 good weather
• 好学不倦(好學不倦) fond of learning not of labor
• 完好无缺(完好無缺) in perfect condition; without any defect
• 阿其所好 to pander to somebody's whims
• 好男不跟女斗(好男不跟女鬥) a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk
• 好喝 tasty
• 绝妙好辞(絕妙好辭) beautiful words
• 疾恶好善(疾惡好善) to detest evil and like wholesomeness
• 顶好(頂好) very good; excellent
• 好施乐善(好施樂善) to love giving to charity and to take pleasure in helping people
• 可好 good or not?; luckily; fortuitously
• 叫好 to applaud; to cheer
• 好睡 good night
• 好聚好散 to part without hard feelings; to cut the knot as smoothly as you tied it
• 带着希望去旅行，比到达终点更美好(帶著希望去旅行，比到達終點更美好) It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
• 总角之好(總角之好) childhood friend
• 好事多磨 there are many obstacles to good deeds
• 好不 not at all ...; how very ...
• 好氧 aerobic
• 好高骛远(好高騖遠) overly high ambitions
• 讨好卖乖(討好賣乖) to curry favor by showing obeisance
• 准备好了(準備好了) to be ready
• 性偏好 sexual preference
• 搞好 to do well at; to do a good job
• 好梦惊回(好夢驚回) startled from my beautiful dream
• 不好惹 not to be trifled with; not to be pushed around; stand no nonsense
• 好事 a joyful thing ; a good deed ; praying for blessings at a Daoist or Buddhist ceremony ; expression of surprise and dissatisfaction
• 接好 to have good relations with
• 好友 close friend
• 好不容易 with great difficulty; very difficult
• 爱好者(愛好者) lover (of art, sports etc); amateur; enthusiast; fan
• 人各有所好 everyone has their likes and dislikes; there is no accounting for taste; chacun son goût

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• 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 52
• 卷三百六十二 列傳第一百二十一 朱勝非 呂頤浩 范宗尹 范致虛 呂好問 Volume 362 Biographies 121: Zhu Shengfei, Lu Yihao, Fan Zongyin, Fan Zhixu, Lu Haowen History of Song 宋史 — count: 43
• 第二回 Chapter 77 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 37
• 第二回 Chapter 37 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 34
• 第二回 Chapter 75 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 32
• 第二回 Chapter 2 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 32
• 第二回 Chapter 63 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 30
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Collocations

• 好善 (好善) 衞文公臣子多好善賢者 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧干旄 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Gan Mao — count: 4
• 好德 (好德) 則莫不好德 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧兔罝 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Tu Ju — count: 4
• 子好 (子好) 子好直言 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4
• 好货 (好貨) 朕不肩好貨 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 盤庚下 Shang Shu - Pan Geng III — count: 3
• 脩好 (脩好) 且脩好 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
• 中心好 (中心好) 中心好之 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧唐‧有杕之杜 Lessons from the states - Odes of Tang - You Di Zhi Du — count: 3
• 侯好 (侯好) 公侯好仇 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧兔罝 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Tu Ju — count: 3
• 以为好 (以為好) 永以為好也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧木瓜 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Mu Gua — count: 3
• 好勇 (好勇) 叔多才而好勇 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧大叔于田 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Da Shu Yu Tian — count: 3
• 攸好 (攸好) 予攸好德 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 3