好
歹

Good and bad in Chinese: 好歹 (hǎo dǎi)

hǎo dǎi

good and bad

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1good and bad
  2. 2most unfortunate occurrence
  3. 3in any case
  4. 4whatever

Stroke order

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好
歹

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ㄏㄠˇ

hǎo

ㄏ/ hㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄉㄞˇ

dǎi

ㄉ/ dㄞ/ aiˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

See 好歹 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 你好歹也吃一点东西再走吧。

    nǐ hǎo dǎi yě chī yì diǎn dōng xī zài zǒu ba。

    At least eat a little something before you go.

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Related words

好

hǎo

good

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

好看

hǎo kàn

good-looking

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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