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好看

hǎo kàn · hao kan

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

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Meaning

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  1. good-looking
  2. nice-looking
  3. good (of a movie, book, TV show etc)
  4. embarrassed
  5. humiliated
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In a conversation

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A film to live in

  1. Liangliang

    这部(zhèbù)电影(diànyǐng)好看(hǎokàn)吗(ma)？

    Is this film good?

  2. Dengdeng

    很(hěn)好看(hǎokàn)，我(wǒ)看(kàn)了(le)两次(liǎngcì)。

    Very good. I watched it twice.

  3. Liangliang

    哪里(nǎlǐ)好看(hǎokàn)？

    What's good about it?

  4. Dengdeng

    每个(měigè)人(rén)都(dōu)好看(hǎokàn)，房子(fángzi)也(yě)好看(hǎokàn)。

    Everyone is good-looking, and the houses too.

  5. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)是(shì)看(kàn)电影(diànyǐng)，还是(háishi)看(kàn)房子(fángzi)？

    Are you watching the film or the houses?

  6. Dengdeng

    好看(hǎokàn)的(de)电影(diànyǐng)，我(wǒ)都(dōu)想(xiǎng)住进去(zhùjìnqù)。

    A nice film, I want to move right in.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)今(jīn)天(tiān)穿(chuān)了(le)一(yì)条(tiáo)很(hěn)好(hǎo)看(kàn)的(de)花(huā)裙(qún)子(zi)。

She is wearing a very pretty floral dress today.

02

这(zhè)部(bù)电(diàn)影(yǐng)特(tè)别(bié)好(hǎo)看(kàn)，我(wǒ)看(kàn)了(le)两(liǎng)遍(biàn)。

This movie is especially good; I've watched it twice.

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The characters

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好
hǎo

good; appropriate; proper

看
kàn

to see; to look at; to read

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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