好听
HSK 1 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)
好听 (hǎotīng) · pleasant to hear
好听 (hǎotīng) means “pleasant to hear”. It is written with 2 characters: 好 (good) + 听 (to listen). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 好听 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)
听 tīng · to listen
What 听 is made of
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 斤jīn — a catty (about 500 grams)
- 厂chǎng — cliff
- 下xià — down
Origin hint: Words 口 reaching an ear 斤 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
她的歌很好听。Tā de gē hěn hǎotīng.Her songs sound lovely.
这个名字好听吗？Zhège míngzi hǎotīng ma?Does this name sound nice?
Questions about 好听
What does 好听 mean?
好听 (hǎotīng) means “pleasant to hear”.
How do you pronounce 好听?
好听 is pronounced hǎotīng.
Which HSK level is 好听?
好听 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021).
Related words
- 爱好àihàohobby
- 好吃hǎochīdelicious
- 好看hǎokàngood-looking
- 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 好听 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 47: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.