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Character Decomposition
好=女+子
Etymology
A woman 女 with a son 子
Meanings2 pronunciations
hǎo
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
hào
to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
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Words with 好 599 total
Idioms with 好 156 total Chain
to pander to sb's whims阿其所好ē qí suǒ hàomay you live a long and happy life together (wedding greeting)百年好合bǎi nián hǎo héto feel embarrassed · to find it embarrassing · to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)不好意思bù hǎo yì si(idiom) to harbor evil designs; to harbor malicious intentions不怀好意bù huái hǎo yìunable to tell good from bad (idiom) · undiscriminating不识好歹bù shí hǎo dǎiunable to differentiate good from bad (idiom) · not to know what's good for one · unable to recognize others' good intentions不知好歹bù zhī hǎo dǎi
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