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Level: 1 Google Frequency: 2,970,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 6722 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tuan on 4th Dec 2004 10:15 and last edited on 31st Oct 2012 01:36 |
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Characters in this word:好 hou2 hou3 - good; very; friendly; healthy; ready好 hou2 hou3 - good; very; friendly; healthy; ready 5 compounds containing this word:好好的 - ...well + (adv)好好地 - nothing wrong; nothing the matter 人緣好好 - popular (referring to people) 好好兒 - properly; thoroughly; well (also 好好兒地) 好好先生 - good joe |
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Showing 10 of 13 examples containing 好好 
嗰啲蟬嘅聲音， 我覺得好好聽㗎！ 粵
I love the sound of those cicadas [nearby]! [This is an example of topicalisation: the topic of the sentence, 嗰啲蟬嘅聲音, is placed at the front.]
蟬嘅聲音， 我覺得好好聽㗎！ 粵
I love the sound cicadas [in general] make. [Note that because we haven't specified any particular cicadas, we're talking about cicadas in general. (Use 呢啲 or 嗰啲 otherwise.)]
我覺得蟬嘅聲音好好聽㗎！ 粵
I love the sound cicadas make! [Lit. I feel cicada [possessive particle] sound very good-sound [particle]!] |
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