Meaning of 恰好
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- as it turns out
- by lucky coincidence
- (of number, time, size etc) just right
How to use 恰好
恰好 usually comes before a verb or a number to show that something matches perfectly or happens by coincidence. Example: 我到车站的时候，车恰好来了。(Wǒ dào chēzhàn de shíhou, chē qiàhǎo lái le.) When I got to the station, the bus happened to arrive.
恰 (qià) means just or exactly, and 好 (hǎo) means good. Something that is exactly good is just right, or happens at just the right moment.
Common mistake: Learners often write 恰 with the hand radical 扌 instead of the heart radical 忄, which makes it look like 拾 (shí) or 給. Also keep the fourth tone on 恰 (qià), not a first tone qiā like 掐 (to pinch).
恰好 in example sentences
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恰 qià · just · 9 strokes
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好 hǎo · good · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 恰好.
| 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 恰好
What does 恰好 mean?
恰好 (qiàhǎo) means "as it turns out; by lucky coincidence" and is used as a adverb.
How do you write 恰好?
恰好 is made of 2 characters: 恰 (9 strokes), 好 (6 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.
Is 恰好 an HSK word?
Yes. 恰好 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 恰好 and 正好?
They are very close and often interchangeable. 正好 (zhènghǎo) is more common in everyday speech and can also be used as an adjective, as in 大小正好 (the size is just right). 恰好 sounds slightly more formal and is mostly used as an adverb.
Can 恰好 be used with numbers?
Yes. It often stresses that an amount is exact, for example 恰好一百块 (qiàhǎo yìbǎi kuài), exactly one hundred yuan. This use fits the dictionary sense of a number, time or size being just right.