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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *好* | 好* | *好
good / appropriate; proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close; on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello
HSK 1
just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that
HSK 2
to feel embarrassed / to find it embarrassing / to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *好* | 好* | *好
to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
HSK 4
pleasant to hear
HSK 1
benefit; advantage; merit / gain; profit / also pr. [hao3chu4]
HSK 2
good person / healthy person / person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle
HSK 2
good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead
HSK 2
well; carefully; nicely; properly
HSK 3
quite a while
HSK 2
good / favorable / well / fine
HSK 4
eager to study / studious / erudite
HSK 6
to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on / interest; hobby / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
HSK 3
tasty; delicious
HSK 1
as if / to seem like
HSK 2
that's fine / may as well / (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ...
HSK 5
good-looking; nice-looking / (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good / in an embarrassing situation
HSK 1
close friend / pal / (social networking website) friend / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
best / had better ...; it would be best to ...
HSK 1
friendly; amicable / close friend
HSK 2
good luck
HSK 5
inquisitive / curious / inquisitiveness / curiosity
HSK 3
very good
HSK 2
beautiful / fine
HSK 3
many / quite a lot / much better
HSK 2
to regard as having good prospects
HSK 6
hello; hi
to be just like; can be compared to
HSK 7-9
just / exactly / to happen to be
HSK 6
laughable; funny; ridiculous
HSK 7-9
interest in sth / curiosity / inquisitive
HSK 7-9
to seem / to be like
HSK 6
(idiomatic usage) with great difficulty / to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc) / (literal usage) so easy
HSK 6
to do well at / to do a good job
HSK 5
good or bad / good and bad / standard; quality / (coll.) very bad
HSK 7-9
friends and family / kith and kin
HSK 7-9
easy to learn
kindhearted person / good Samaritan
HSK 7-9
study hard and every day you will improve (idiom)
as it turns out / by lucky coincidence / (of number, time, size etc) just right
HSK 6
to improve / to take a turn for the better / improvement
HSK 6
to be on good terms / to be close friends / striving for self-improvement
HSK 6
The Voice of China, PRC reality talent show
fortunately
HSK 7-9
unpleasant / hard to take
to have a special liking (for sth)
lit. Lord Ye's passion for dragons (idiom) / fig. to pretend to be fond of sth while actually fearing it / ostensible fondness of sth one really fears
my God! / oh boy! / man!
HSK 7-9
kindness / good intentions
HSK 7-9
lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
good opinion / favorable impression
HSK 7-9
good and bad / most unfortunate occurrence / in any case / whatever
HSK 7-9
to be ready
intact / in good condition
HSK 7-9
no good
very good
luckily / fortunately
HSK 7-9
daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom) / a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions / the buck stops here
kind and charitable
erhua variant of 好玩
HSK 1
to like / fond of / to prefer / to love / one's tastes / preference
HSK 7-9
fabulous / superb / excellent
to sit properly / to sit up straight
(coll.) good mood (usu. used in the negative) / angry (usu. used in combination with 好笑)
hobby; indulgence; habit; addiction
HSK 7-9
several years
good friend / (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period)
sometimes good, sometimes bad
HSK 7-9
good intention / kindness
HSK 7-9
couldn't be better / ideal / wonderful
to want sex / given to lust / lecherous / lascivious / horny
bright and sunny weather
good or not? / luckily / fortuitously
intact / untouched / as good as before
active / restless / energetic
to have the nerve / what a cheek! / to feel no shame / to overcome the shame / (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)
easy to get along with
easy to use / to function well / so that / in order to
to get the desired outcome / to win favor by fawning on sb / to curry favor with / a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor
HSK 7-9
to keep an eye on
(greeting) good afternoon
not to be trifled with / not to be pushed around / stand no nonsense
(coll.) all right? / OK?
to bury the hatchet / to become reconciled
easy to remember
useful / serviceable / effective / handy / easy to use
lit. likes and dislikes / preferences / taste
friendly advice / words spoken on sb's behalf / a good word / kind words / words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions
Hollywood / also pr. [Hao3lai2wu1]
hard to say; can't be sure / difficult to speak about; unpleasant to say
Good morning!
wish you all the best! (when signing off on a correspondence)
the role an actor plays best (idiom) / (fig.) one's specialty / one's forte
eager to be first
sincere, well-meant, kind words
lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal
to be meddlesome

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