Zi:好

From Wenlin Dictionaries

[hǎo] good/fine/well (​好); seems like (好​); beloved; easy [hào] to like (​好 àihào ‘hobby’); hole [hāo] 好好​ hǎohāor in good shape, carefully; (HDZ:) …

3 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

hǎo* {A} s.v. goodadv.very∼ guì ∼贵 very expensiveeasy toZhèige wèntí ∼ huídá. 这个问题∼回答。 This question is easy to answer.pref. good to∼chī ∼吃 good to eatsuf. (indicating completion)Wǒ zuò∼ le. 我做∼了。 I'm done; I've finished (it).Nòng∼ zài zǒu. 弄∼再走。 Finish (this) before going.conj. so as to; so thatv. 〈environment:〉 topo. may; can; shouldWọ̌ ∼ jìnlai ma? 我∼进来吗? May I come in?
²hào {B} v.like; be fond ofTā ∼ biǎoxiàn zìjǐ. 他∼表现自己。 He likes to show off.be liable to²Tā ∼ yùnchuán. 她∼晕船。 She's susceptible to seasickness.
¹hāo {E} b.f. with care ►hǎohāo 好好

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The character 好 hǎo ‘good’ has ​ (nǚ) ‘woman/girl’ on the left, and ​ (zǐ )‘child’ on the right: a lovely/loving/doting woman/mother, caring for, playing with such a good baby.
    The Shuōwén Seal form of 好 hǎo ‘lovely/beautiful girl/woman’ (​) combines ​(​𠨰) nǚ ‘girl/woman’, and ​(​𠯃) zǐ ‘child/offspring’: the old meaning of 好 ‘(lovely/beautiful) girl/woman’ (​) is said to have developed into extended meanings ‘lovely/beautiful (in general); fine/good’ (DYC).
    Compare: ​ nǚzǐ ‘girl/female child; girl/woman; female’, said to be the old meaning of 好 (DYC); ​ hào (​).
    Compare: ​好 ‘fine/happy’; 好​ ‘looks good’; 好​ ‘sounds nice’; 好​ ‘smells good’; 好​ ‘tasty’; 好​ ‘good to drink’; 好​! ‘fun!’.
    Compare: 好​/​ ‘seem; be like’ (good image of); ​好 ‘must’ (the only good way); ​好 ‘exactly’.
    Compare: ​ měi ‘beautiful (color/complexion)’ (SW: ​好); ​ měi ‘beautiful’ (SW: ‘fat/tasty lamb’); ​(​𧨅) shàn ‘good’.
    HDZ: 好 : hǎo : ​, ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; ​; ​ (​好​); ​, ​便; ​, ​; ​好 (好​, 好​, 好​, 好​, 好​); ​, ​, ​; (​) ​; ​; (​) (​, ​; (好​, 好​)) • hào : ​好, ​; ​; (​) ​, ​, ​, ​ (​好: (​) ​, ​: ​, 好: ​); (​)
    HDC: 好​ : ​, ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; ​, ​
    HDC: 好​/​ : ​, ​仿
    HDC: ​好 : 好
►references: Guǎngyùn:303.08,419.01; Karlgren:AD1089,GSR1044a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.1028.1; Lindqvist:45; Mathews:2062; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:255.11; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:038.0.02; EDOC:1
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