好 hǎo▶ baik

Stroke order

好 is written in 6 strokes.

• 好

Senses

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 form of address) hello

Example sentences

• 今天天气很好。Jīntiān tiānqì hěn hǎo.The weather is very good today.
• 你好吗？Nǐ hǎo ma?How are you?

Related words

• 好吃lezat
• 爱好hobi
• 最好Terbaik
• 友好ramah
• 只好harus
• 好像Mirip, tampak

好 is pronounced hǎo and means “baik”. HSK 1 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 好 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.