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正好

zhèng hǎoㄓㄥˋ ㄏㄠˇ

Sino-Vietnamese: CHÍNH HẢO

Traditional: 正好

HSK 4HSK 3.0 · 4TOCFL 2

Meaning(descriptive word)

just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that

Examples

  • 这双鞋我穿正好。

    zhè shuāng xié wǒ chuān zhèng hǎo.

    These shoes fit me just right.

  • 你来得正好,我们刚开始吃饭。

    nǐ lái de zhèng hǎo, wǒ men gāng kāi shǐ chī fàn.

    You came just in time, we've just started eating.

  • 我正好也要去超市。

    wǒ zhèng hǎo yě yào qù chāo shì.

    I happen to be going to the supermarket too.

Easily confused

  • 刚好 — Near synonyms; 正好 is a bit more common in speech.

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Stroke order

CHÍNH · 5 strokes

first month of the lunar year

HIẾU · 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