好
hǎo
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Good, fine, well; also 'OK, all right' as an answer. As a predicate it normally has an adverb such as 很 in front: 他很好 'he is well'. Before a verb it means 'good to, easy to': 好吃 'tasty', 好看 'good-looking'. After a verb it shows the action is properly finished: 做好了 'done'.
Tốt, hay, khỏe; cũng là lời đáp “được, ừ”. Làm vị ngữ thì thường có phó từ như 很 đứng trước: 他很好 (anh ấy khỏe). Đứng trước động từ thì tạo thành tính từ chỉ sự dễ chịu, dễ dàng: 好吃 (ngon), 好看 (đẹp, hay). Đứng sau động từ thì chỉ việc đã làm xong: 做好了 (làm xong rồi).
AdjectiveRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 063 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): Hán-Việt reading 好 = hảo · No Vietnamese entry is linked as its twin; the Hán-Việt reading is given character by character. Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Common questions
What does “好” mean?
Good, fine, well; also 'OK, all right' as an answer. As a predicate it normally has an adverb such as 很 in front: 他很好 'he is well'. Before a verb it means 'good to, easy to': 好吃 'tasty', 好看 'good-looking'. After a verb it shows the action is properly finished: 做好了 'done'.
Is “好” formal or informal?
好 is generally neutral.