好事
HSK 2 (2021)
好事 (hǎoshì) · good thing
好事 (hǎoshì) means “good thing; good deed”. It is written with 2 characters: 好 (good) + 事 (matter). It is an HSK 2 word in the 2021 standard.
How 好事 is built
The characters
好 hǎo · good
What 好 is made of
- 女nǚ — woman
- 子zǐ — child
- 了liǎo / le — finish
- 乛 — bent stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 了liǎo / le — finish
Origin hint: A woman 女 with a son 子 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
事 shì · matter
What 事 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 彐jì — snout
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 亅 — hook
Example sentences
这是一件好事。Zhè shì yī jiàn hǎoshì.This is a good thing.
今天有什么好事？Jīntiān yǒu shénme hǎoshì?What good news is there today?
Questions about 好事
What does 好事 mean?
好事 (hǎoshì) means “good thing; good deed”.
How do you pronounce 好事?
好事 is pronounced hǎoshì.
Which HSK level is 好事?
好事 is in HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 爱好àihàohobby
- 好吃hǎochīdelicious
- 好看hǎokàngood-looking
- 好听hǎotīngpleasant to hear
- 好玩儿hǎowánrfun
- 最好zuìhǎobest
- 不好意思bùhǎoyìsisorry
- 好处hǎochubenefit
- 好多hǎoduōa lot of
- 好久hǎojiǔa long time
Learn 好事 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 63: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.