好玩儿 (hǎowánr) · fun
好玩儿 (hǎowánr) means “fun; interesting”. It is written with 3 characters: 好 (good) + 玩 (to play) + 儿 (child). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 好玩儿 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)
玩 wán · to play
What 玩 is made of
- 王wáng — king
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 元yuán — yuan
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 儿ér — child
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 二 — two strokes
Origin hint: 王 gives the meaning, 元 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
儿 ér · child
What 儿 is made of
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
Origin hint: Simplified form of 兒, a picture of a child; compare 人 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
Questions about 好玩儿
What does 好玩儿 mean?
好玩儿 (hǎowánr) means “fun; interesting”.
How do you pronounce 好玩儿?
好玩儿 is pronounced hǎowánr.
Which HSK level is 好玩儿?
好玩儿 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021).
Related words
- 爱好àihàohobby
- 好吃hǎochīdelicious
- 好看hǎokàngood-looking
- 好听hǎotīngpleasant to hear
- 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
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 48: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.