好处
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 4
好处 (hǎochu) · benefit
好处 (hǎochu) means “benefit; advantage”. It is written with 2 characters: 好 (good) + 处 (place). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 好处 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)
处 chù · place
What 处 is made of
- 夂zhǐ — to go
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 又yòu — (once) again
- 卜bo — divination
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丶 — dot
Origin hint: To go somewhere 夂 and put down a flag 卜 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
运动有很多好处。Yùndòng yǒu hěn duō hǎochu.Exercise has many benefits.
早睡有什么好处？Zǎo shuì yǒu shénme hǎochu?What are the benefits of going to bed early?
Questions about 好处
What does 好处 mean?
好处 (hǎochu) means “benefit; advantage”.
How do you pronounce 好处?
好处 is pronounced hǎochu.
Which HSK level is 好处?
好处 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
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
- 好多hǎoduōa lot of
- 好久hǎojiǔa long time
- 好人hǎoréngood person
Learn 好处 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 59: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.