好
坏

Good or bad in Chinese: 好坏 (hǎo huài)

hǎo huài

good or bad

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 好壞1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1good or bad
  2. 2good and bad
  3. 3standard; quality
  4. 4(coll.) very bad

Stroke order

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好
坏

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ㄏㄠˇ

hǎo

ㄏ/ hㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄏㄨㄞˋ

huài

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

好坏

Simplified

好壞

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这种东西的好坏很难一眼看出来。

    zhè zhǒng dōng xī de hǎo huài hěn nán yì yǎn kàn chū lái。

    The quality of this kind of thing is hard to tell at a glance.

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Related words

好

hǎo

good

坏

huài

bad

好吃

hǎo chī

tasty

爱好

ài hào

to like

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 ...

最好

zuì hǎo

best

好奇

hào qí

inquisitive

良好

liáng hǎo

good

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