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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
good-looking; nice-looking / (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good / in an embarrassing situation
HSK 1
pleasant to hear
HSK 1
tasty; delicious
HSK 1
erhua variant of 好玩
HSK 1
good person / healthy person / person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle
HSK 2
as if / to seem like
HSK 2
many / quite a lot / much better
HSK 2
benefit; advantage; merit / gain; profit / also pr. [hao3chu4]
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
quite a while
HSK 2
well; carefully; nicely; properly
HSK 3
inquisitive / curious / inquisitiveness / curiosity
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *好* | 好* | *好
to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
HSK 4
close friend / pal / (social networking website) friend / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
good luck
HSK 5
to improve / to take a turn for the better / improvement
HSK 6
to seem / to be like
HSK 6
eager to study / studious / erudite
HSK 6
(idiomatic usage) with great difficulty / to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc) / (literal usage) so easy
HSK 6
good opinion / favorable impression
HSK 7-9
favorable criticism / positive evaluation
HSK 7-9
laughable; funny; ridiculous
HSK 7-9
good or bad / good and bad / standard; quality / (coll.) very bad
HSK 7-9
luckily / fortunately
HSK 7-9
to be just like; can be compared to
HSK 7-9
kindness / good intentions
HSK 7-9
my God! / oh boy! / man!
HSK 7-9
good intention / kindness
HSK 7-9
hospitality / to treat guests well / to enjoy having guests / hospitable / friendly
HSK 7-9
good and bad / most unfortunate occurrence / in any case / whatever
HSK 7-9
easy to deal with; not a problem / (polite answer) you flatter me
HSK 7-9
interest in sth / curiosity / inquisitive
HSK 7-9
kindhearted person / good Samaritan
HSK 7-9
not at all ... / how very ...
easy to use / to function well / so that / in order to
happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom) / all take and no give
easy to get along with
amusing / fun / interesting
to be playful / to be fond of one's fun
a good deal of / quite a lot
to be fond of eating; to be gluttonous
to be meddlesome
hero / strong and courageous person / CL: 條|条
several / quite a few
(ball sports) good shot! / nice hit! / well played!
to have an easy time / (feel) well
friendly advice / words spoken on sb's behalf / a good word / kind words / words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions
Cape of Good Hope
to want sex / given to lust / lecherous / lascivious / horny
Hollywood / also pr. [Hao3lai2wu1]
easy to do; easy to manage
perfectly all right / without rhyme or reason
expert / professional
to have the nerve / what a cheek! / to feel no shame / to overcome the shame / (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)
(dialect) very; quite; properly; well; thoroughly
eager to be first
the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom)
eager to win / competitive / aggressive
a good thing doesn't last forever (idiom)
to do one's best; to shape up; to fend for oneself / you're on your own
easy to learn
to bite off more than one can chew (idiom) / to aim too high
feeling better / to be more at ease
lit. likes and dislikes / preferences / taste
to be calm and unruffled in the midst of chaos or at a busy time (idiom)
to love ease and comfort and hate work (idiom)
(idiom) to try one's very best to persuade sb; to reason with sb in every way possible
(coll.) good mood (usu. used in the negative) / angry (usu. used in combination with 好笑)
sincere, well-meant, kind words
lecher / womanizer / dirty old man
Trust-Mart (supermarket chain)
to rejoice in grandiose deeds / to strive to achieve extraordinary things
Mr Goody-goody / yes-man (sb who agrees with anything)
to like to lecture others (idiom)
admirable people and exemplary deeds
fine goods
to seem; to be like (variant of 好像)
sth of good quality / good person (usu. in the negative) / (Tw) delicious food
auspicious day / good day / happy life
(coll.) all right? / OK?
with great difficulty / very difficult
don't tell me ... / could it be that...?
bon voyage / Godspeed
hurray! / hurrah! / yippee!
useful / serviceable / effective / handy / easy to use
accommodating / easy to push around
(idiom) a good person, used to praise sb's moral integrity or courage
busybody / CL: 個|个
tasty (drinks)
(idiom) to part without hard feelings; to cut the knot as smoothly as you tied it
to get better / to improve / to get well
the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)
study hard and every day you will improve (idiom)
several years
to forget past pains once the wound has healed (idiom)
the meal is remembered long after the wait is forgotten / the good things in life are worth waiting for
good friend / (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period)
most of the day
the best part of the show is yet to come / (with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come / you ain't seen nothin' yet

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