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好 (hou3) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

好 (hou3, hǎo) — to like; to love; to be fond of; to be liable to; to be likely to

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 好主意 (hou2 zyu2 ji3) — noun; good ideas
• 好事不出門，壞事傳千里 (hou2 si6 bat1 ceot1 mun4 waai6 si6 cyun4 cin1 lei5) — Good news do not travel well, but bad news travel really fast and far
• 好人事 (hou2 jan4 si2) — (noun) a good person; a nice person; (adjective) helpful; kind
• 好人 (hou2 jan4) — good person
• 好人好姐 (hou2 jan4 hou2 ze2) — one who looks normal (but is actually complete normal, or has a evil mind)
• 好人難做 (hou2 jan4 naan4 zou6) — it is hard to be a kind; good person, it means sometimes people will end up doi…

Chengyu with this character

• 葉公好龍 — To claim a passion that collapses the moment the real thing shows up. Used for professed tastes — adventure, tradition, honesty — that fail their first real test.

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