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

• 好学不倦(好學不倦) fond of learning not of labor
• 安好心 to have good intentions
• 安好 safe and sound; peaceful
• 好生 very; quite; properly; well; thoroughly ; to be careful; to be diligent
• 好整以暇 to be calm and unruffled in the midst of chaos or at a busy time
• 好笑 laughable; funny; ridiculous
• 要好 to be on good terms; to be close friends
• 可好 good or not?; luckily; fortuitously
• 好气(好氣) to be happy; to be in a good mood
• 好用 useful; serviceable; effective; handy; easy to use
• 好道 don't tell me ...; could it be that...?
• 挺好 very good
• 好运(好運) good luck
• 有好奇心 curious
• 至亲好友(至親好友) best friend
• 性偏好 sexual preference
• 好歹 good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever
• 好动(好動) active; restless; energetic
• 顶好(頂好) very good; excellent
• 好事之徒 busybody
• 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.
• 好高骛远(好高騖遠) overly high ambitions
• 好争(好爭) argumentative
• 见好就收(見好就收) to quit while one is ahead ; to know when to stop
• 好说(好說) OK
• 好康 benefit; advantage
• 虚心好学(虛心好學) modest and studious
• 凡军好高(凡軍好高) all armies prefer high ground
• 好好学习，天天向上(好好學習，天天向上) study hard and every day you will improve
• 好饭不怕晚(好飯不怕晚) the meal is remembered long after the wait is forgotten
• 好去 bon voyage; Godspeed
• 好东西(好東西) good food; a valuable item
• 老好人 one who tries never to offend anybody
• 学好(學好) to follow good examples
• 好言 kind words
• 好好先生 Mr Goody-goody; yes-man (sb who agrees with anything)
• 求好心切 to demand the highest standards of somebody (or oneself); to strive to achieve the best possible results
• 好了伤疤忘了疼(好了傷疤忘了疼) to forget past pains once the wound has healed
• 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)
• 谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好(誰笑在最後，誰笑得最好) He laughs best who laughs last.
• 好办(好辦) maneagable
• 好自为之(好自為之) to do one's best; to shape up; to behave; to fend for oneself; you're on your own
• 好色之徒 lecher; womanizer; dirty old man
• 唔好睇 unattractive; Mandarin equivalent: 不好看
• 好前程 a bright future
• 好睇 good-looking
• 好吃 tasty; delicious ; to be fond of eating
• 好听(好聽) pleasant to hear ; touching [words]

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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: 54
• 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 54
• 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: 38
• 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
• 卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 30
• 第二回 Chapter 63 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 30
• 第二回 Chapter 109 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 攸好 (攸好) 予攸好德 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — 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
• 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