好 hǎo — good, fine, well

Meanings

1. 1

   good, fine, well

   The general positive adjective: a good thing, a good person, or a person in good health. As a predicate it normally needs a degree adverb such as 很 in front of it.

   adjective
2. 2

   all right, OK (agreeing)

   interjectionspoken

Character breakdown

• 好

  hǎo (third tone, dipping) hào (fourth tone, falling)

  good, fine, well; easy to do; (hào) to be fond of, to like

  6 strokes⿰女子Radical 女

Example sentences

• 我很好，谢谢你。/我很好，謝謝你。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) hěn (third tone, dipping) hǎo, (third tone, dipping) xièxie (fourth tone, falling) nǐ. (third tone, dipping)···

  I’m doing well, thank you.

• 这本书很好。/這本書很好。Zhè (fourth tone, falling) běn (third tone, dipping) shū (first tone, high and level) hěn (third tone, dipping) hǎo. (third tone, dipping)···

  This book is really good.

Common mistakes

• Not quite我好。

  Correct我很好。

  A bare adjective predicate sounds like a comparison ("I am good, unlike him"). 很 is the neutral filler that makes a plain statement; it does not add the force of "very".

Similar words

Words containing 好

• 好像hǎoxiàng (third tone, dipping)it seems, apparently
• 好好hǎo (third tone, dipping) hǎo (third tone, dipping)well
• 美好měi (third tone, dipping) hǎo (third tone, dipping)beautiful
• 好奇hàoqí (fourth tone, falling)curious, inquisitive
• 最好zuì (fourth tone, falling) hǎo (third tone, dipping)best
• 好多hǎo (third tone, dipping) duō (first tone, high and level)many
• 好看hǎo (third tone, dipping) kàn (fourth tone, falling)good-looking
• 好吃hǎochī (third tone, dipping)tasty, delicious
• 好运/好運hǎo (third tone, dipping) yùn (fourth tone, falling)good luck
• 良好liáng (second tone, rising) hǎo (third tone, dipping)good
• 正好zhèng (fourth tone, falling) hǎo (third tone, dipping)just (in time)
• 好处/好處hǎo (third tone, dipping) chu (neutral tone)benefit
• 好事hǎo (third tone, dipping) shì (fourth tone, falling)good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed")
• 爱好/愛好àihào (fourth tone, falling)hobby, pastime, interest
• 不好意思bù (fourth tone, falling) hǎo (third tone, dipping) yì (fourth tone, falling) si (neutral tone)to feel embarrassed
• 好久hǎo (third tone, dipping) jiǔ (third tone, dipping)quite a while
• 只好zhǐ (third tone, dipping) hǎo (third tone, dipping)without any better option