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好 hǎo — good, fine, well

hǎo (third tone, dipping)hao3

good, fine, well

HSK 1· HSK 1–4 (classic)Level 1· Three-band, nine-level standardadjectiveinterjection
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Meanings

  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. 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".

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