good in Chinese

How to write 好

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好 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 1. The beginner band covers the first, most essential words every learner needs.

好 in a sentence

• 这zhè个gè想xiǎng法fǎ很hěn好hǎo。

  This idea is good.

• 今jīn天tiān天tiān气qì很hěn好hǎo。

  The weather is nice today.

• 他tā是shì一yī个gè好hǎo人rén。

  He is a good person.

• 好hǎo，就jiù这zhè么me办bàn。

  Good, let's do it that way.

好 vs 好吃 vs 好看 vs 很好

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 好吃 hǎo chī delicious

  好 + 吃 = 'good to eat'. The parallel 好喝 is 'good to drink'.

• 好看 hǎo kàn good-looking

  好 + 看 = 'nice to look at' — pretty people, enjoyable books and films.

• 很好 hěn hǎo very good; fine

  很 is literally 'very' but often just links the adjective — 我很好 'I'm fine'.