好 (hou2) — well; all right; okay in Cantonese

houˊ²好

Mandarin Pinyin: hao3

Meaning of 好

nounwell; all right; okay

nounhealthy; in good shape/condition

nounready; done; finished

noungood to (do); pleasing (to one's senses)

noungood; fine; nice | [ant] 壞

nounvery; quite; fairly | [syn] 很

nounfriendly; kind; amicable

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Example Sentences with 好

當天全部都好！

That day, everything was good!

我個中文老師好好人㗎

My Chinese teacher is a very nice person.

嗰間餐廳啲嘢好好食㗎！

The food at that restaurant is excellent!

呢隻白酒好正㗎！?

This brand of white wine is really good!

呢間大學好有名㗎！?

This university is very famous!

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Words Containing 好

還算好waan4 syun3 hou2

fairly good, could be worse

好孩子hou2 haai4 zi2

good child — a well behaved and filial child | Cant.: (m) 乖仔; (f) 乖女

友好jau5 hou2

friendly (relations)

好強hou2 koeng4

好2: very strong; 好3: eager to do well in everything

太好了taai3 hou2 liu5

very good

看好hon3 hou2

looking good; promising

唔好郁m4 hou2 juk1

don't move

搞好gaau2 hou2

do well; make a good job of

好不好hou2 bat1 hou2

好嗎 [粵]: 好唔好 , 好冇

好說hou2 syut3

OK, term used to indicate agreement | [粵]: 易話為

都好啦dou1 hou2 laa1

"it will be fine"

好看hou2 hon3

good-looking; aesthetically pleasing; attractive looking; good to look at; good to watch; good to view | Cant.: 好睇

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