好吃
HSK 1 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)Old HSK 2
好吃 (hǎochī) · delicious
好吃 (hǎochī) means “delicious”. It is written with 2 characters: 好 (good) + 吃 (to eat). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 好吃 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)
吃 chī · to eat
What 吃 is made of
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 乞qǐ — to beg
- 乙yǐ — second
Origin hint: 口 gives the meaning, 乞 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
妈妈做的饭很好吃。Māma zuò de fàn hěn hǎochī.The food Mom makes is delicious.
这个包子好吃吗？Zhège bāozi hǎochī ma?Is this steamed bun tasty?
Questions about 好吃
What does 好吃 mean?
好吃 (hǎochī) means “delicious”.
How do you pronounce 好吃?
好吃 is pronounced hǎochī.
Which HSK level is 好吃?
好吃 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021) and Old HSK 2.
Related words
- 爱好àihàohobby
- 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
- 好人hǎoréngood person
Learn 好吃 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 45: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.