Chinese word dictionary

恰到好处

qiàdào-hǎochù · it's just perfect; it's just right

Practice word

Word information

Simplified恰到好处

Traditional恰到好處

Pinyinqiàdào-hǎochù

Part of speechl

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

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

恰qià

just, exactly, precisely; proper

到dào

to go to, to arrive

好hǎo

good; well

处chù

to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department

How to learn 恰到好处

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.

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Words with the same characters

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到dào

to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough

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]