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好

hǎo · hao/hào · hao

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Meaning

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hǎo 好

  1. good
  2. appropriate; proper
  3. all right!
  4. (before a verb) easy to
  5. (before a verb) good to
  6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so
  7. (verb complement indicating completion)
  8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms
  9. (after a personal pronoun) hello

hào 好

  1. to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
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The cake

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，我(wǒ)做(zuò)了(le)蛋糕(dàngāo)。好看(hǎokàn)吗(ma)？

    Liangliang, I made a cake. Does it look nice?

  2. Liangliang

    好看(hǎokàn)！看(kàn)起来(qǐlai)很(hěn)好吃(hǎochī)。

    It looks great! It looks delicious.

  3. Dengdeng

    那(nà)你(nǐ)快(kuài)尝尝(chángcháng)，好(hǎo)不(bù)好吃(hǎochī)？

    Then taste it quickly. Is it good?

  4. Liangliang

    嗯(ēn)……好吃(hǎochī)。就是(jiùshì)有点(yǒudiǎn)咸(xián)。

    Um... it is good. Only a bit salty.

  5. Dengdeng

    咸(xián)？啊(a)！我(wǒ)放(fàng)了(le)盐(yán)，没(méi)放(fàng)糖(táng)！

    Salty? I put in salt, not sugar!

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In a sentence

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01

今(jīn)天(tiān)天(tiān)气(qì)很(hěn)好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)们(men)出(chū)去(qù)走(zǒu)走(zou)吧(ba)。

The weather is very good today; let's go out for a walk.

02

这(zhè)个(ge)孩(hái)子(zi)好(hào)动(dòng)，一(yí)刻(kè)也(yě)坐(zuò)不(bu)住(zhù)。

This child is restless by nature and can't sit still for a moment.

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