好看
HSK 1 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)
好看 (hǎokàn) · good-looking
好看 (hǎokàn) means “good-looking; nice; interesting”. It is written with 2 characters: 好 (good) + 看 (to look). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 好看 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)
看 kàn · to look
What 看 is made of
- 手shǒu — hand
- 目mù — eye
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
Origin hint: Shielding one's eyes 目 with a hand 手 to look to the distance (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
你的衣服真好看。Nǐ de yīfu zhēn hǎokàn.Your clothes look really nice.
那个电影好看吗？Nàge diànyǐng hǎokàn ma?Was that movie good?
Questions about 好看
What does 好看 mean?
好看 (hǎokàn) means “good-looking; nice; interesting”.
How do you pronounce 好看?
好看 is pronounced hǎokàn.
Which HSK level is 好看?
好看 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021).
Related words
- 爱好àihàohobby
- 好吃hǎochīdelicious
- 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 好看 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 46: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.