Chinese word dictionary

友好

yǒuhǎo · friendly; amicable; close friend; see 友好區|友好区[You3 hao3 Qu1]

Practice word

Word information

Simplified友好

Traditional友好

Pinyinyǒuhǎo

Part of speech形

HSK 3.04

HSK 2.04

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

友yǒu

friend

好hǎo

good; well

How to learn 友好

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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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

好吃hǎochī

tasty; delicious

好看hǎokàn

good-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good; in an embarrassing situation

好听hǎotīng

pleasant to hear

好玩儿hǎowánr

erhua variant of 好玩[hao3 wan2]

男朋友nánpéngyou

boyfriend