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好hǎogood; appropriate; proper

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好 (hǎo) means "good" or "well." It is the everyday adjective for saying something is fine, nice, or OK, and it often follows 很 in simple descriptions. It can also answer a greeting, as in 好 meaning "fine," and appears before some verbs to mean "easy to" or "good to."

What does 好 mean?

  1. 1.

    good; appropriate; properadjective

  2. 2.

    all right!interjection

  3. 3.

    (before a verb) easy to; good toadverb

What does the character 好 mean?

  • 好good; appropriate; proper

How do you use 好?

Grammar patterns

  1. 1

    Noun + 很 + 好

    Link a noun to the adjective 好 with 很, not 是. 很 often works as a link rather than a strong "very."

  2. 2

    (很) 好 + Verb

    Put 好 before a verb to say something is easy to do or good to do, as in 好写 or 好吃.

好 often follows 很 in descriptions; do not put 是 before a bare 好 the way English uses "to be."

Patterns

  • 好 + 吗？

    你好吗？

    Nǐ hǎo ma?

    How are you?

  • 很 + 好 + Verb

    妈妈做的菜很好吃。

    Māma zuò de cài hěn hǎochī.

    The food Mom makes is delicious.

What are some examples of 好 in a sentence?

  1. HSK 1

    我很好。

    Wǒ hěn hǎo.

    I'm fine.

  2. HSK 1

    今天天气很好。

    Jīntiān tiānqì hěn hǎo.

    The weather is nice today.

  3. HSK 1

    这本书很好。

    Zhè běn shū hěn hǎo.

    This book is good.

  4. HSK 1

    这个汉字很好写。

    Zhège Hànzì hěn hǎo xiě.

    This Chinese character is easy to write.

How is 好 different from 是?

好 is an adjective. Link it with 很 (我很好), not with 是. 是 links nouns, not bare adjectives.

Only 好 fits here

我很好。

Wǒ hěn hǎo.

I'm fine.

How is 好 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    你好吗？

    Nǐ hǎo ma?

    How are you?

  2. Speaker B:

    我很好，你呢？

    Wǒ hěn hǎo, nǐ ne?

    I'm fine. And you?

  3. Speaker A:

    我也很好。

    Wǒ yě hěn hǎo.

    I'm fine too.

  4. Speaker B:

    今天天气很好。

    Jīntiān tiānqì hěn hǎo.

    The weather is nice today.

  5. Speaker A:

    对，我们出去吧。

    Duì, wǒmen chūqù ba.

    Yes, let's go out.

  6. Speaker B:

    好。

    Hǎo.

    OK.

Can you use 好 correctly?

0 of 3 answered
  1. 1.Fill in the blank: 我___好。
  2. 2.Which sentence is correct?
  3. 3.Fill in the blank: 这个汉字很___写。

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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.