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

• 好康 benefit; advantage
• 转好(轉好) improvement; turnaround (for the better)
• 好事多磨 there are many obstacles to good deeds
• 烂好人(爛好人) sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone
• 好心肠(好心腸) good intentions
• 完好 intact; in good condition
• 大树底下好乘凉(大樹底下好乘涼) under a big tree the shade is plentiful; to benefit by proximity to an influential person
• 爱好(愛好) hobby; interest ; to enjoy doing something ; to like; to take pleasure in ; interest; hobby
• 好汉(好漢) hero ; a man ; a bandit
• 绿林好汉(綠林好漢) true hero of Greenwood
• 好学近乎知，力行近乎仁，知耻近乎勇(好學近乎知，力行近乎仁，知恥近乎勇) to love learning is akin to knowledge, to study diligently is akin to benevolence, to know shame is akin to courage (Confucius)
• 老好人 one who tries never to offend anybody
• 在家千日好，出门一时难(在家千日好，出門一時難) at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging
• 搞不好 maybe; perhaps
• 好事 a joyful thing ; a good deed ; praying for blessings at a Daoist or Buddhist ceremony ; expression of surprise and dissatisfaction
• 同好 fellow enthusiasts
• 好好 in good condition; perfectly good; carefully; well; thoroughly
• 好言 kind words
• 好斗(好鬥) warlike
• 病好 to recover
• 问好(問好) to say hello to; to greet
• 游手好闲(遊手好閑) to idle about
• 好心 kindness; good intentions
• 也好不到哪里去(也好不到哪裡去) just as bad; not much better
• 挺好 very good
• 好好学习，天天向上(好好學習，天天向上) study hard and every day you will improve
• 如其所好 as one pleases
• 发好人卡(發好人卡) to reject (by labeling a nice guy)
• 好意 good intention; kindness
• 只好 without any better option; to have to ; just right
• 买好(買好) to ingratiate oneself
• 好好先生 Mr Goody-goody; yes-man (sb who agrees with anything)
• 江湖好汉(江湖好漢) a martial arts hero; an adventurer
• 不好 not good
• 晴好 bright and sunny weather
• 太好了 very good
• 好在 luckily; fortunately ; admirable ; greetings ; just as good as before
• 顶好(頂好) very good; excellent
• 常言说得好(常言說得好) as the saying goes; as they say...
• 坐好 to sit properly; to sit up straight
• 好笑 laughable; funny; ridiculous
• 好歹 good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever
• 好些 a good deal of; quite a lot ; [feeling] a little bit better
• 好物 fine goods
• 急公好义(急公好義) public-spirited
• 讨好(討好) to get the desired outcome; to win favor by fawning on somebody; to curry favor with; a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor
• 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
• 好饭不怕晚(好飯不怕晚) the meal is remembered long after the wait is forgotten
• 挂好(掛好) to hang up properly (telephone, picture, clothes etc)

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Truncated for common words

• 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 54
• 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
• 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
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 29

Collocations

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 攸好 (攸好) 予攸好德 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 3