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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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *好* | 好* | *好
to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
HSK 4
to be just like; can be compared to
HSK 7-9
laughable; funny; ridiculous
HSK 7-9
interest in sth / curiosity / inquisitive
HSK 7-9
good friend / (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period)
long time no see
to want sex / given to lust / lecherous / lascivious / horny
kindhearted person / good Samaritan
HSK 7-9
to have the nerve / what a cheek! / to feel no shame / to overcome the shame / (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)
easy to use / to function well / so that / in order to
(coll.) all right? / OK?
easy to get along with
benefit; advantage; merit / gain; profit / also pr. [hao3chu4]
HSK 2
well; carefully; nicely; properly
HSK 3
useful / serviceable / effective / handy / easy to use
close friend / pal / (social networking website) friend / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
easy to learn
eager to study / studious / erudite
HSK 6
Hollywood / also pr. [Hao3lai2wu1]
to have an easy time / (feel) well
to improve / to take a turn for the better / improvement
HSK 6
good person / healthy person / person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle
HSK 2
my God! / oh boy! / man!
HSK 7-9
kindness / good intentions
HSK 7-9
good luck
HSK 5
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
to be meddlesome
to get better / to improve / to get well
quite a while
HSK 2
good opinion / favorable impression
HSK 7-9
good and bad / most unfortunate occurrence / in any case / whatever
HSK 7-9
to seem / to be like
HSK 6
kind words
eager to be first
luckily / fortunately
HSK 7-9
a real man doesn't boast about his past achievements (idiom)
good or bad / good and bad / standard; quality / (coll.) very bad
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to part without hard feelings; to cut the knot as smoothly as you tied it
favorable criticism / positive evaluation
HSK 7-9
Mr Goody-goody / yes-man (sb who agrees with anything)
(idiomatic usage) with great difficulty / to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc) / (literal usage) so easy
HSK 6
admirable people and exemplary deeds
as if / to seem like
HSK 2
eager to win / competitive / aggressive
(Tw) benefit; advantage (from Taiwanese 好空, Tai-lo pr. [hó-khang])
auspicious day / good day / happy life
warlike
study hard and every day you will improve (idiom)
several years
good intention / kindness
HSK 7-9
tasty; delicious
HSK 1
to be fond of eating; to be gluttonous
aerobic
inquisitive / curious / inquisitiveness / curiosity
HSK 3
to be calm and unruffled in the midst of chaos or at a busy time (idiom)
(dialect) very; quite; properly; well; thoroughly
excellent (interjection)
Trust-Mart (supermarket chain)
(Tw) Costco (warehouse club chain)
to do one's best; to shape up; to fend for oneself / you're on your own
lecher / womanizer / dirty old man
good-looking; nice-looking / (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good / in an embarrassing situation
HSK 1
good-looking (Cantonese)
(coll.) bravo / nice one / lovely
with great difficulty / very difficult
accommodating / easy to push around
a good thing doesn't last forever (idiom)
fond of the bottle (idiom)
to have a close call / to have a narrow escape
to bite off more than one can chew (idiom) / to aim too high
lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom) / fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc) / leave the past behind
person of good character / nice person / bird with a melodious voice or beautiful plumage
the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom)
fine goods
perfectly all right / without rhyme or reason
lucky / blessed with good fortune
karmic reward (resulting from good deeds, in contrast to karmic retribution 惡報|恶报)
pleasant to hear
HSK 1
Hershey's (brand)
to like to lecture others (idiom)
amusing / fun / interesting
to be playful / to be fond of one's fun
to forget past pains once the wound has healed (idiom)
most of the day
feeling better / to be more at ease
bon voyage / Godspeed
hero / strong and courageous person / CL: 條|条
lit. likes and dislikes / preferences / taste
tasty (drinks)
many / quite a lot / much better
HSK 2
(ball sports) good shot! / nice hit! / well played!
expert / professional
a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom)
friendly advice / words spoken on sb's behalf / a good word / kind words / words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions
sincere, well-meant, kind words
hospitality / to treat guests well / to enjoy having guests / hospitable / friendly
HSK 7-9
lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles / a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)

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