还好
hái hǎo
Pinyin

Definition

还好
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hái hǎo
  1. not bad
  2. tolerable
  3. fortunately

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

好
hǎo
  1. 1 good
  2. 2 well
  3. 3 proper
  4. 4 good to
  5. 5 easy to
  6. 6 very
  7. 7 so
  8. 8 (suffix indicating completion or readiness)
  9. 9 (of two people) close
  10. 10 on intimate terms
  11. 11 (after a personal pronoun) hello
只好
zhǐ hǎo
  1. 1 without any better option
  2. 2 to have to
  3. 3 to be forced to
好不容易
hǎo bù róng yì
  1. 1 with great difficulty
  2. 2 very difficult
好久
hǎo jiǔ
  1. 1 quite a while
好似
hǎo sì
  1. 1 to seem
  2. 2 to be like
好像
hǎo xiàng
  1. 1 as if
  2. 2 to seem like
好友
hǎo yǒu
  1. 1 close friend
  2. 2 pal
  3. 3 (social networking website) friend
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
好吃
hǎo chī
  1. 1 tasty
  2. 2 delicious
好多
hǎo duō
  1. 1 many
  2. 2 quite a lot
  3. 3 much better
好奇
hào qí
  1. 1 inquisitive
  2. 2 curious
  3. 3 inquisitiveness
  4. 4 curiosity
好好
hǎo hǎo
  1. 1 well
  2. 2 carefully
  3. 3 nicely
  4. 4 properly
好几
hǎo jǐ
  1. 1 several
  2. 2 quite a few
好意思
hǎo yì si
  1. 1 to have the nerve
  2. 2 what a cheek!
  3. 3 to feel no shame
  4. 4 to overcome the shame
  5. 5 (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)
好玩
hǎo wán
  1. 1 amusing
  2. 2 fun
  3. 3 interesting
好看
hǎo kàn
  1. 1 good-looking
  2. 2 nice-looking
  3. 3 good (of a movie, book, TV show etc)
  4. 4 embarrassed
  5. 5 humiliated
好听
hǎo tīng
  1. 1 pleasant to hear
好处
hǎo chu
  1. 1 benefit
  2. 2 advantage
  3. 3 gain
  4. 4 profit
  5. 5 also pr. [hǎo chù]
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
好运
hǎo yùn
  1. 1 good luck
安好
ān hǎo
  1. 1 safe and sound
  2. 2 well
幸好
xìng hǎo
  1. 1 fortunately

Idioms (20)

不问好歹
bù wèn hǎo dǎi
  1. 1 no matter what may happen (idiom)
不知好歹
bù zhī hǎo dǎi
  1. 1 unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom)
  2. 2 not to know what's good for one
  3. 3 unable to recognize others' good intentions
不识好歹
bù shí hǎo dǎi
  1. 1 unable to tell good from bad (idiom)
  2. 2 undiscriminating
做好做歹
zuò hǎo zuò dǎi
  1. 1 to persuade using all possible arguments (idiom); to act good cop and bad cop in turn
公诸同好
gōng zhū tóng hào
  1. 1 to share pleasure in the company of others (idiom); shared enjoyment with fellow enthusiasts
吃力不讨好
chī lì bù tǎo hǎo
  1. 1 arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
各有所好
gè yǒu suǒ hào
  1. 1 everyone has their likes and dislikes (idiom)
在家千日好，出门一时难
zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán
  1. 1 lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. there's no place like home
大树底下好乘凉
dà shù dǐ xià hǎo chéng liáng
  1. 1 lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person
好了伤疤忘了疼
hǎo le shāng bā wàng le téng
  1. 1 to forget past pains once the wound has healed (idiom)
好事不出门，恶事传千里
hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ
  1. 1 lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles
  2. 2 a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)
好事多磨
hǎo shì duō mó
  1. 1 the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom)
好吃懒做
hào chī lǎn zuò
  1. 1 happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom)
  2. 2 all take and no give
好梦难成
hǎo mèng nán chéng
  1. 1 a beautiful dream is hard to realize (idiom)
好奇尚异
hào qí shàng yì
  1. 1 to have a taste for the exotic (idiom)
好好学习，天天向上
hǎo hǎo xué xí , tiān tiān xiàng shàng
  1. 1 study hard and every day you will improve (idiom)
好心倒做了驴肝肺
hǎo xīn dào zuò le lu:2 gān fēi
  1. 1 lit. to mistake good intentions for a donkey's liver and lungs (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to mistake good intentions for ill intent
好整以暇
hào zhěng yǐ xiá
  1. 1 to be calm and unruffled in the midst of chaos or at a busy time (idiom)
好景不长
hǎo jǐng bù cháng
  1. 1 a good thing doesn't last forever (idiom)
好样的
hǎo yàng de
  1. 1 (idiom) a good person, used to praise sb's moral integrity or courage

Sample Sentences

就是，上次我去芬兰，天下着雪呢，我们到餐厅吃饭，人家硬是一壶带冰的水放你面前。我看着就起鸡皮，没法喝，还好我随身带了保温杯。
jiùshì ，shàngcì wǒ qù Fēnlán ，tiān xià zhe xuě ne ，wǒmen dào cāntīng chī fàn ，rénjia yìngshì yī hú dài bīng de shuǐ fàng nǐ miànqián 。wǒ kàn zhe jiù qǐ jīpí ，méifǎ hē ，háihǎo wǒ suíshēn dài le bǎowēnbēi 。
Exactly, the last time I visited Finland, it was snowing. We went to a restaurant to eat and they served us with a pot of ice water. Just looking at it gave me goosebumps. I could not drink it but fortunately I brought my thermos mug.
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还好，你孩子特别乖。
hái hǎo ，nǐ háizi tèbié guāi 。
So so, your kids are particularly well-behaved.
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嗯，第一桩事是还好，只是让他在朋友面前丢了脸而已。我们跟朋友一起聚餐，他们尽喜欢说污段子，这不，他们又讲了一个十分隐晦的污段子，不过污婆如我那还不是秒懂。
ng4 ，dì yī zhuāng shì shì hái hǎo ，zhǐshì ràng tā zài péngyou miànqián diū le liǎn éryǐ 。wǒmen gēn péngyou yīqǐ jùcān ，tāmen jìn xǐhuan shuō wūduànzi ，zhè bù ，tāmen yòu jiǎng le yī gè shífēn yǐnhuì de wūduànzi ，bùguò wūpó rú wǒ nà háibùshì miǎodǒng 。
Yeah, the first thing wasn't that big a deal, I just embarrassed him in front of his friends. We were eating together with a group of friends, and they really like to tell dirty jokes. Not just that, they were telling quite an obscure dirty joke, but it didn't take a second for a dirty wench like me to understand it.
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你还好吧？
nǐ hái hǎo ba ？
Were you alright?
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嗨，不提还好，一提就是一把辛酸泪啊，目前市场竞争太激烈，年初成立公司以后，我的作息规律就完全给打破了，头发都愁白了。
hāi ，bùtí hái hǎo ，yī tí jiùshì yī bǎ xīnsuānlèi ā ，mùqián shìchǎng jìngzhēng tài jīliè ，nián chū chénglì gōngsī yǐhòu ，wǒ de zuòxí guīlǜ jiù wánquán gěi dǎpò le ，tóufa dōu chóubái le 。
Hey, don't bring it up or you'll make me cry. The competition on the market is pretty fierce. After starting a company at the start of the year, now my work life balance is completely messed up and my hair is already going grey.
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喔唷，还好你没这么冲动啊，不然我可就得到派出所接你咯。
ō yō ，hái hǎo nǐ méi zhème chōngdòng ā ，bùrán wǒ kě jiù děi dào pàichūsuǒ jiē nǐ lo 。
Oh no, luckily you're not that impulsive. Otherwise I'd have to go to the police station to pick you up.
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你的脸色看起来不太好。你还好吗？
nǐ de liǎnsè kànqǐlai bùtàihǎo 。nǐ háihǎo ma ？
You don't look well. Are you ok?
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太突然了，还好我带了伞
tài tūrán le ，háihǎo wǒ dài le sǎn
It started so suddenly, luckily I brought an umbrella.
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我的天啊，你还好吗？怎么了呢？上星期不是还好好的吗？
wǒ de tiān a ，nǐ hái hǎo ma ？zěnmele ne ？shàng xīngqī bùshì hái hǎo hǎo de ma ？
My gosh, are you OK? What happened? Weren't you guys fine just last week?
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