Meaning of 好歹
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
hǎodǎi
- good and bad
- most unfortunate occurrence
- in any case
- whatever
好歹 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
这个小孩不知好歹。
This child don't know what's coming for him.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
好 hǎo · good · 6 strokes
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
歹 dǎi · corpse · 4 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
Related words
Words that share a character with 好歹.
| 最好 | zuìhǎo | best; had better ...; it would be best to ... |
| 好吃 | hǎochī | tasty; delicious |
| 好看 | hǎokàn | good-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good |
| 好听 | hǎotīng | pleasant to hear |
| 爱好 | àihào | to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on; interest; hobby |
| 好玩儿 | hǎowánr | erhua variant of 好玩[hao3 wan2] |
| 好像 | hǎoxiàng | as if; to seem like |
| 不好意思 | bù hǎoyìsi | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing |
| 好多 | hǎoduō | many; quite a lot |
| 好人 | hǎorén | good person; healthy person |
| 正好 | zhènghǎo | just (in time); just right |
| 好事 | hǎoshì | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity |
Questions about 好歹
What does 好歹 mean?
好歹 (hǎodǎi) means "good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence" and is used as a noun and adverb.
How do you write 好歹?
好歹 is made of 2 characters: 好 (6 strokes), 歹 (4 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.
Is 好歹 an HSK word?
Yes. 好歹 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.