| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 愛好 | 爱好 | ài hào | to like; to be fond of; to be keen on; interest; hobby |
| 愛好者 | 爱好者 | ài hào zhě | lover (of art, sports, etc); amateur; enthusiast; fan |
| 安好 | ān hǎo | safe and sound; well | |
| 不好 | bù hǎo | no good | |
| 不好惹 | bù hǎo rě | not to be trifled with; not to be pushed around; stand no nonsense | |
| 不好意思 | bù hǎo yì si | feel embarrassed; be ill at ease; find it embarrassing (to do sth) | |
| 不懷好意 | 不怀好意 | bù huái hǎo yì | harbor evil designs; harbor malicious intentions |
| 不知好歹 | bù zhī hǎo dǎi | not know what's good for one | |
| 剛好 | 刚好 | gāng hǎo | just; exactly; happen to be |
| 更好 | gèng hǎo | better; more | |
| 掛好 | 挂好 | guà hǎo | to hang up properly (telephone, picture, clothes, etc.) |
| 還好 | 还好 | hái hǎo | (adv) not bad |
| 好 | hǎo | good; well | |
| 好半天 | hǎo bàn tiān | (n) most of the day | |
| 好比 | hǎo bǐ | be just like; can be compared to | |
| 好吃 | hǎo chī | tasty; delicious | |
| 好處 | 好处 | hǎo chu | benefit; advantage |
| 好的 | hǎo de | (adj) OK | |
| 好多 | hǎo duō | (adj) many | |
| 好感 | hǎo gǎn | good opinion; favorable impression | |
| 好好 | hǎo hǎo | nicely | |
| 好好兒地 | 好好儿地 | hǎo haōr de | properly; thoroughly |
| 好壞 | 好坏 | hǎo huài | (n) good and bad; advantageous and disadvantageous |
| 好幾 | 好几 | hǎo jǐ | several; quite a few |
| 好幾年 | 好几年 | hǎo jǐ nián | several years |
| 好久 | hǎo jiǔ | quite a while | |
| 好看 | hǎo kàn | good-looking | |
| 好萊塢 | 好莱坞 | hǎo lái wù | Hollywood |
| 好怕的 | hǎo pà de | worthy of being afraid of | |
| 好朋友 | hǎo péng you | good friend | |
| 好容易 | hǎo róng yì | with great difficulty; have a hard time | |
| 好事 | hǎo shì | (n) bad action, deed (used ironically) | |
| 好睡 | hǎo shuì | good night | |
| 好說 | 好说 | hǎo shuō | (idiom) OK, term used to indicate agreement; (idiom) "you flatter me", polite response to praise |
| 好似 | hǎo sì | to seem; to be like | |
| 好聽 | 好听 | hǎo tīng | pleasant to hear |
| 好玩兒 | 好玩儿 | hǎo wán er | (adj) interesting; delightful |
| 好望角 | Hǎo wàng Jiǎo | Cape of Good Hope | |
| 好像 | hǎo xiàng | (v) as if; seem like | |
| 好象 | hǎo xiàng | seem; be like | |
| 好笑 | hǎo xiào | laughable; funny; ridiculous | |
| 好些 | hǎo xiē | a good deal of; quite a lot | |
| 好心 | hǎo xīn | (n) good motive | |
| 好樣的 | 好样的 | hǎo yàng de | (idiom) a good person, used to praise sb's moral integrity or courage |
| 好運 | 好运 | hǎo yùn | good luck |
| 好在 | hǎo zài | (adv) luckily; fortunately | |
| 好轉 | 好转 | hǎo zhuǎn | improve; take a turn for the better |
| 好 | hào | be fond of | |
| 好客 | hào kè | (adj) to enjoy having guests; hospitable; friendly | |
| 好奇 | hào qí | curious; inquisitive | |
| 好奇心 | hào qí xīn | curiosity | |
| 好氧 | hào yǎng | aerobic | |
| 好戰 | 好战 | hào zhàn | warlike |
| 和好 | hé hǎo | to become reconciled | |
| 很好 | hěn hǎo | well | |
| 很好看 | hěn hǎo kàn | very good looking | |
| 極好 | 极好 | jí hǎo | fabulous; superb |
| 叫好 | jiào hǎo | applaud; cheer | |
| 較好 | 较好 | jiào hǎo | better |
| 良好 | liáng hǎo | good; favorable; well; fine | |
| 買好 | 买好 | mǎi hǎo | to ingratiate oneself |
| 美好 | měi hǎo | happy; fine; OK | |
| 你好 | nǐ hǎo | hello; how are you | |
| 恰到好處 | 恰到好处 | qià dào hǎo chù | it's just perfect; it's just right |
| 恰好 | qià hǎo | as it turns out; by lucky coincidence | |
| 嗜好 | shì hào | fondness; hobby; indulgence | |
| 太好了 | tài hǎo le | very good | |
| 挺好 | tǐng hǎo | very good | |
| 完好 | wán hǎo | intact; in good condition | |
| 問好 | 问好 | wèn hǎo | say hello to; send one's regards to |
| 心眼好 | xīn yǎn hǎo | well-intentioned; good-natured; kind-hearted | |
| 幸好 | xìng hǎo | fortunately | |
| 要好 | yào hǎo | be on good terms; be close friends | |
| 友好 | yǒu hǎo | friendly (relations) | |
| 有好奇心 | yǒu hào qí xīn | curious | |
| 再好不過 | 再好不过 | zài hǎo bú guò | (phr) can't be better |
| 早上好 | zǎo shang hǎo | good morning | |
| 正好 | zhèng hǎo | just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that | |
| 只好 | zhǐ hǎo | to have to; to be forced to | |
| 最好 | zuì hǎo | best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) | |
| 坐好 | zuò hǎo | to sit properly; to sit up straight |
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