好吃
hǎo chī
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Tasty, delicious: said of food that is good to eat. It takes 很, 真 or 太…了 like other adjectives: 很好吃 'very tasty'. It is 好 'good' plus a verb, a pattern also seen in 好看 'good-looking' and 好听 'nice to listen to'. For drinks, say 好喝.
Ngon miệng: nói về đồ ăn ăn vào thấy ngon. Như các tính từ khác, nó đi với 很, 真 hoặc 太…了: 很好吃 (rất ngon). Cấu tạo 好 (tốt) + động từ còn gặp trong 好看 (đẹp, dễ coi), 好听 (hay, êm tai). Đồ uống ngon thì nói 好喝.
AdjectiveRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 064 (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, 吃 = cật · 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 “好吃” mean?
Tasty, delicious: said of food that is good to eat. It takes 很, 真 or 太…了 like other adjectives: 很好吃 'very tasty'. It is 好 'good' plus a verb, a pattern also seen in 好看 'good-looking' and 好听 'nice to listen to'. For drinks, say 好喝. Literally: good to eat
Is “好吃” formal or informal?
好吃 is generally neutral.