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  hou2 hou3   jyutping
  hao3 hao4   pinyin
[] hou2 | [] hao3
[1] [adj] good; fine; nice | [ant]
[2] [adv] very; quite; fairly | [syn]
[3] [adj] good to (do); pleasing (to one's senses)
[4] [adj] friendly; kind; amicable
[5] [adj] healthy; in good shape/condition
[6] [adj] ready; done; finished
[7] [interjection] well; all right; okay

[] hou3 | [] hao4
[1] [v] like; love; be fond of
[2] [v] be liable to; be likely to

Default PoS: adjective Additional PoS: verbadverb
Stroke count: 6
Level: 1
Radical: (#38)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 52181 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 22nd Jun 2013 03:00

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detail  hou2 siu3  hao3 xiao4 = be funny
detail  hou2 aa3   = OK, fine
detail  nei5 hou2  ni3 hao3 = hello; hi; how are you; greetings
detail  hou2 do1  hao3 duo1 = a lot; much; many
detail  hou2 hou2  hao3 hao3; hao3 hao1 = very good; very well
detail  mei5 hou2  mei3 hao3 = OK; fine; beautiful
detail  do1 hou2  duo1 hao3 = very good
detail  hou2 jan4  hao3 ren2 = good person
detail  nei5 hou2 maa3  ni3 hao3 ma5 = How are you?
detail  hou2 jat6*2  hao3 ri4 = auspicious day; wedding day; good days
See all 315 compounds (CantoDict reports 327 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 265 examples containing 好
detail audio 中文老師好好
My Chinese teacher is a very nice person.
detail audio 餐廳好好
The food at that restaurant is excellent!
detail audio 呢隻白酒好正!?
This brand of white wine is really good!
detail audio 大學有名!?
This university is very famous!
detail audio 哥哥好好
My (elder) brother treats me very well.
detail audio 你好嗎
How are you?
detail audio 頭髮
Your hair is so smooth!
detail audio 真係
He is really fast.
detail audio 開心.
Nice to meet you.
[(lit.) Very happy to have met you.]
detail audio 最近幾好
How have you been lately?
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