hǎo

  1. hǎo adjective good
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
    Notes: For example, 她看一切事情都很好 'She saw that everything was very good.' (Ye Shengtao, 1999, p. 18) 好 is one of the most overloaded words in Chinese, it can have a range of meanings depending on tone and context (Guoyu '好' hǎo adj 3; Kroll 2015 '好' hǎo 3, p. 154; NCCED '好' hǎo 1).
  2. hǎo suffix indicates completion or readiness
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: (Guoyu '好' hǎo adv 2; Kroll 2015 '好' hǎo 6, p. 154; NCCED '好' hǎo 3)
  3. hào verb to be fond of; to be friendly
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 爱; for example the idiom, 好学不倦 'fond of learning not of labor' (Guoyu '好' hào v 1; Kroll 2015 '好' hào 1, p. 154; NCCED '好' hào 1)
  4. hǎo interjection indicates agreement
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Interjection
    Notes: In the sense of 可以 (Guoyu '好' hǎo interjection 1; NCCED '好' hǎo 6)
  5. hǎo adjective indicates disatisfaction or sarcasm
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '好' hǎo interjection 2; NCCED '好' hǎo 13)
  6. hǎo adjective easy; convenient
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 容易 (Guoyu '好' hǎo adv 3; NCCED '好' hǎo 7)
  7. hǎo adverb very; quite
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
    Notes: In the sense of 很 or 非常 (Guoyu '好' hǎo adv 1; NCCED '好' hǎo 5)
  8. hǎo adverb many; long
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '好' hǎo adv 7)
  9. hǎo verb so as to
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 以便 (Guoyu '好' hǎo adv 4; NCCED '好' hǎo 8)
  10. hǎo adjective friendly; kind
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 友爱 (Guoyu '好' hǎo adj 2; Kroll 2015 '好' hǎo 4, p. 154; NCCED '好' hǎo 2)
  11. hào verb to be likely to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '好' hào 2)
  12. hǎo adjective beautiful
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: 好 is synonymous with 美好 in this sense; for example the idiom, 花好月圆 'flowers are beautiful, moon is round [everything is wonderful]' (Guoyu '好' hǎo adj 1; Kroll 2015 '好' hǎo 1, p. 154)
  13. hǎo verb to be healthy; to be recovered
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 痊愈 (Guoyu '好' hǎo v 2; NCCED '好' hǎo 4)
  14. hǎo adjective remarkable; excellent
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '好' hǎo 2, p. 154)
  15. hǎo adjective suitable
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '好' hǎo 5, p. 154)
  16. hào noun a hole in a coin or jade disk
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '好' hào n 2; Kroll 2015 '好' hào 2, p. 154)
  17. hào noun a fond object
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '好' hào n 1, p. 154)
  18. hǎo adjective Good
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
    Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)
  19. hǎo adjective good; sādhu
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: sādhu, Japanese: kou (BCSD '好', p. 341; MW 'sādhu'; SH '好', p. 210; Unihan '好')

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