好好
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)
好好 (hǎohǎo) · properly
好好 (hǎohǎo) means “properly; carefully; well”. It is written with 1 character: 好 (good). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 好好 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)
Example sentences
你要好好学习。Nǐ yào hǎohǎo xuéxí.You must study hard.
今天好好休息吧。Jīntiān hǎohǎo xiūxi ba.Get a good rest today.
Questions about 好好
What does 好好 mean?
好好 (hǎohǎo) means “properly; carefully; well”.
How do you pronounce 好好?
好好 is pronounced hǎohǎo.
Which HSK level is 好好?
好好 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (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 好好 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 88: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.