好
hǎo
good
appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello
woman (女) + child (子) = good and harmonious
This reflects an ancient ideal where harmony between woman and child represented the perfect state of things. The character has expanded from this core sense of rightness to cover goodness in general, ease of action, and friendly relationships.
这个苹果很好。
zhè ge píng guǒ hěn hǎo.
This apple is very good.
他们两个人关系很好。
tā men liǎng ge rén guān xì hěn hǎo.
The relationship between the two of them is very close.
Words with 好
游手好闲
yóu shǒu hào xián
to idle about
还好
hái hǎo
not bad; pretty good
医之好治不病以为功
yī zhī hào zhì bù bìng yǐ wéi gōng
doctors like to treat those who are not sick so that they can get credit for the patient's "recovery" (idiom)
重修旧好
chóng xiū jiù hǎo
to make friends again
阎王好见，小鬼难当
yán wáng hǎo jiàn , xiǎo guǐ nán dāng
lit. standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to deal with (idiom)
阿其所好
ē qí suǒ hào
to pander to sb's whims
黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心
huáng shǔ láng gěi jī bài nián , méi ān hǎo xīn
see 黃鼠狼給雞拜年|黄鼠狼给鸡拜年[huang2 shu3 lang2 gei3 ji1 bai4 nian2]
一把好手
yī bǎ hǎo shǒu
expert
上好
shàng hǎo
first-rate
下午好
xià wǔ hǎo
(greeting) good afternoon
不到长城非好汉
bù dào cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn
lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal
不问好歹
bù wèn hǎo dǎi
no matter what may happen (idiom)