好
Character
good; fine; okay
Readings and meanings
- good; fine; okay
- hello (in the greeting 你好)
- so; very, before an adjective: 好多 = so many
Examples
你好，你叫什么名字？
nǐ hǎo nǐ jiào shén me míng zi
Hello, what is your name?
AI-generated sentence
今天天气很好。
jīn tiān tiān qì hěn hǎo
The weather is very good today.
AI-generated sentence
今天好冷！
jīn tiān hǎo lěng
Today is so cold!
AI-generated sentence
HSK 4 is the level of this reading (hào, “to like”): the official HSK 3.0 list has 好 three times — hǎo at levels 1 and 2, hào at level 4 — and 爱好 (hobby) is a separate level-1 entry; sites that show another level usually grade the whole character instead of each reading.
- to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to CC-CEDICT
Words that use “好” as hào
好吃hǎo chītastyWordHSK 1+1 reading爱好ài hàohobbyWordHSK 1好事hǎo shìa good thingWordHSK 2+1 reading好奇hào qícuriousWordHSK 3好学hào xuéeager to studyWordHSK 6+1 reading喜好xǐ hàoWhat a person likesWordHSK 7–9嗜好shì hàoa hobby, something you love doing oftenWordHSK 7–9好客hào kèfriendly and welcoming to guestsWordHSK 7–9
Stroke order
All 6 strokes
Speed
Practice writing 好
Draw “好” here — the faint guide shows its shape.