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好看

hǎo kànㄏㄠˇ ㄎㄢˋ

Traditional: 好看

HSK 3.0 · 1

好看 (hǎo kàn) means good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed; humiliated.

Meaning(adjective)

good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed; humiliated

Examples

  • 这件衣服很好看。

    zhè jiàn yī fu hěn hǎo kàn.

    This outfit looks nice.

  • 这个电影真好看!

    zhè ge diàn yǐng zhēn hǎo kàn!

    This movie is really good!

  • 你穿红色很好看。

    nǐ chuān hóng sè hěn hǎo kàn.

    You look great in red.

Easily confused

  • 漂亮 — 漂亮 is “pretty”; 好看 is broader and also means a film or book is good.

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Stroke order

6 strokes

good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two peop

9 strokes

to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard