好 hǎo
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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). -
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) -
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) -
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) -
hǎo
adjective
indicates disatisfaction or sarcasm
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '好' hǎo interjection 2; NCCED '好' hǎo 13) -
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) -
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) -
hǎo
adverb
many; long
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '好' hǎo adv 7) -
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) -
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) -
hào
verb
to be likely to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '好' hào 2) -
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) -
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) -
hǎo
adjective
remarkable; excellent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '好' hǎo 2, p. 154) -
hǎo
adjective
suitable
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '好' hǎo 5, p. 154) -
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) -
hào
noun
a fond object
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '好' hào n 1, p. 154)
Contained in
- 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
- 好哇 hurray!; hurrah!; yippee!
- 百年好合 may you live a long and happy life together (wedding greeting)
- 狗咬吕洞宾，不识好人心(狗咬呂洞賓，不識好人心) a dog biting Lü Dongbin; to ill reward a person's kindness
- 好自矜夸(好自矜誇) fond of boasting
- 修好 to repair; to restore
- 好比 to be just like ; can be compared to
- 好鸟(好鳥) person of good character; nice person; bird with a melodious voice or beautiful plumage
- 好笑 laughable; funny; ridiculous
- 好梦难成(好夢難成) a beautiful dream is hard to realize
- 顶好(頂好) very good; excellent
- 明枪好躲，暗箭难防(明槍好躲，暗箭難防) easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark
- 好象 to seem; to be like
- 好用 useful; serviceable; effective; handy; easy to use
- 好客 hospitalable
- 利好 favorable; good; advantage
- 见好就收(見好就收) to quit while one is ahead ; to know when to stop
- 常言说得好(常言說得好) as the saying goes; as they say...
- 好男不跟女斗(好男不跟女鬥) a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk
- 完好如初 intact, as if untouched
- 祝好 wish you all the best! (when signing off on a correspondence)
- 好人好事 good people, good deeds
- 好道 don't tell me ...; could it be that...?
- 好走 bon voyage; Godspeed
- 好酒贪杯(好酒貪杯) fond of the bottle
- 不好惹 not to be trifled with; not to be pushed around; stand no nonsense
- 好死不如赖活着(好死不如賴活著) better a bad life than a good death
- 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)
- 奉承讨好(奉承討好) to curry favor; to get the desired outcome by flattery
- 言归于好(言歸於好) to become reconciled; to bury the hatchet
- 好色之徒 lecher; womanizer; dirty old man
- 各有所好 everyone has their likes and dislikes
- 好景不长(好景不長) a good thing doesn't last forever
- 好人 a virtuous person ; a nice guy; a good guy ; a beautiful person ; a healthy person ; a peacemaker; a mediator
- 友好关系(友好關係) good relations
- 好玩儿(好玩兒) interesting; delightful; amusing
- 好生 very; quite; properly; well; thoroughly ; to be careful; to be diligent
- 买好(買好) to ingratiate oneself
- 安好 safe and sound; peaceful
- 美好 beautiful
- 好歹 good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever
- 妙好 elaborate and beautiful
- 也好 also good
- 好吃 tasty; delicious ; to be fond of eating
- 疾恶好善(疾惡好善) to detest evil and like wholesomeness
Also contained in
好太王 、 八十随形好 、 好莱坞 、 好时 、 云门日日是好日 、 元好问
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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
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 29
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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