好坏 meaning in English

hǎohuài

good or bad; good and bad

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 好壞13 strokes

Meaning of 好坏

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

hǎohuài
  1. good or bad
  2. good and bad
  3. standard; quality
  4. (coll.) very bad

好坏 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā好hǎo坏huài不bù分fēn。
He doesn't know the difference between right and wrong.
你nǐ知zhī道dào分fēn辨biàn好hǎo坏huài吗ma?
Do you know the difference between good and bad?
他tā无wú法fǎ分fēn辨biàn好hǎo坏huài。
He can't distinguish between good and evil.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

好 hǎo · good · 6 strokes

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坏 huài · bad · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 好坏.

最好zuìhǎobest; had better ...; it would be best to ...
好吃hǎochītasty; delicious
好看hǎokàngood-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good
好听hǎotīngpleasant to hear
爱好àihàoto like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on; interest; hobby
好玩儿hǎowánrerhua variant of 好玩[hao3 wan2]
好像hǎoxiàngas if; to seem like
不好意思bù hǎoyìsito feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing
好多hǎoduōmany; quite a lot
好人hǎoréngood person; healthy person
正好zhènghǎojust (in time); just right
好事hǎoshìgood action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity

Questions about 好坏

What does 好坏 mean?

好坏 (hǎohuài) means "good or bad; good and bad" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 好坏?

好坏 is made of 2 characters: 好 (6 strokes), 坏 (7 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

Is 好坏 an HSK word?

Yes. 好坏 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 好坏 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 好坏 is written 好壞.