KiVAKO: Chinese 2 and Chinese Characters 2, 5op
语法 Grammar A: Using "好 hao" to mean "easy"
Completion requirements
好 + Verb Subj. + (很) 好 + Verb
Examples
- 这 个 词 的 意思 很 好 懂。
Zhège cí de yìsi hěn hǎo dǒng
The meaning of this word is easy to understand. - 苹果 手机 现在 很 好 买。
Píngguǒ shǒujī xiànzài hěn hǎo mǎi
iPhones are easy to buy now. - 这 个 笔 很 好 用。
Zhège bǐ hěn hǎo yòng
This pen is easy to use.
Exceptions
好 (hǎo) can also be attached to "sense verbs" (e.g. "look," "taste," "smell," etc.) to indicate that something is good to do (rather than "easy to do").
- 好吃 hǎochī = good to taste, good to eat, delicious
- 好喝 hǎohē = good to taste, good to drink
- 好看 hǎokàn = good to look at, good-looking, attractive
- 好听 hǎotīng = good to listen to, pleasant to listen to, good-sounding
The word for "fun" in Chinese (好玩 hǎowán) is also of this form, even though it's not a sense.
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