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)

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• 妙好 elaborate and beautiful
• 嗜好 a fondness; a hobby; an indulgence
• 好像 as if; to seem like
• 人各有所好 everyone has their likes and dislikes; there is no accounting for taste; chacun son goût
• 良好 good; favorable
• 发好人卡(發好人卡) to reject (by labeling a nice guy)
• 好样的(好樣的) a good person
• 好几(好幾) several; quite a few
• 不识好歹(不識好歹) unable to tell good from bad ; undiscriminating
• 好处(好處) benefit; advantage ; profit ; maneagable ; a beautiful place ; a beautiful time ; a strong point ; good luck ; favor; grace ; congenial
• 还好(還好) not bad; tolerable; fortunately
• 要好 to be on good terms; to be close friends ; to strive for improvement
• 各有所好 everyone has their likes and dislikes
• 好事 a joyful thing ; a good deed ; praying for blessings at a Daoist or Buddhist ceremony ; expression of surprise and dissatisfaction
• 好前程 a bright future
• 好感 a good opinion; a favorable impression
• 好朋友 a good friend
• 好意思 to have the nerve; what a cheek!; to feel no shame; to overcome the shame; (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)
• 好办(好辦) maneagable
• 洁身自好(潔身自好) clean-living and honest
• 不好看 unsightly ; embarrassed
• 挂好(掛好) to hang up properly (telephone, picture, clothes etc)
• 见好就收(見好就收) to quit while one is ahead ; to know when to stop
• 友好 friendly ; friend ; Youhao
• 好汉不提当年勇(好漢不提當年勇) a real man doesn't boast about his past achievements
• 好了伤疤忘了疼(好了傷疤忘了疼) to forget past pains once the wound has healed
• 不好惹 not to be trifled with; not to be pushed around; stand no nonsense
• 好马不吃回头草(好馬不吃回頭草) a good horse doesn't come back to the same pasture
• 牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶持(牡丹雖好，全仗綠葉扶持) Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves . However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
• 拼命讨好(拼命討好) to throw oneself at somebody or something; to bend over backwards to help
• 搞不好 maybe; perhaps
• 如其所好 as one pleases
• 笃信好学(篤信好學) sincere belief and diligent study
• 绿林好汉(綠林好漢) true hero of Greenwood
• 好睇 good-looking
• 好喝 tasty
• 好东西(好東西) good food; a valuable item
• 言归于好(言歸於好) to become reconciled; to bury the hatchet
• 好运(好運) good luck
• 老子英雄儿好汉，老子反动儿混蛋(老子英雄兒好漢，老子反動兒混蛋) If the father is a hero, the son is a real man. If the father is a reactionary, the son is a bastard. (Cultural Revolution slogan)
• 也好不到哪里去(也好不到哪裡去) just as bad; not much better
• 好相识(好相識) to be polite ; a close acquaintance
• 病好 to recover
• 搞好 to do well at; to do a good job
• 疾恶好善(疾惡好善) to detest evil and like wholesomeness
• 好奇心 interest in something; curiosity; inquisitive

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• 卷四百〇二 列傳第一百六十一 陳敏 張詔 畢再遇 安丙 楊巨源 李好義 Volume 402 Biographies 161: Chen Min, Zhang Zhao, Bi Zaiyu, An Bing, Yang Juyuan, Li Haoyi History of Song 宋史 — count: 53
• 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
• 卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 30
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 29

Collocations

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 攸好 (攸好) 予攸好德 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 3
• 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: 3
• 作好 (作好) 中軍作好 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧清人 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Qing Ren — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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