好
事

Good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") in Chinese: 好事 (hǎo shì)

hǎo shì

good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed")

HSK 3.0 Level 21 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed")
  2. 2charity
  3. 3happy occasion
  4. 4Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead

Stroke order

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好
事

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄠˇ

hǎo

ㄏ/ hㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 帮助别人是件好事。

    bāng zhù bié rén shì jiàn hǎo shì。

    Helping others is a good thing to do.

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Related words

好

hǎo

good

事

shì

matter

好吃

hǎo chī

tasty

事情

shì qing

affair

爱好

ài hào

to like

故事

gù shì

old practice

同事

tóng shì

colleague

好处

hǎo chǔ

easy to get along with

好像

hǎo xiàng

as if

友好

yǒu hǎo

friendly

正好

zhèng hǎo

just (in time)

只好

zhǐ hǎo

to have no other option but to ...

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