好不好

hǎobùhǎo

phrase

Meanings

1 is it okay?
2 all right?
3 how about it?

Characters

Examples

我们明天去看电影好不好？

Wǒmen míngtiān qù kàn diànyǐng hǎobùhǎo?

How about we go see a movie tomorrow?

你别这样说好不好？

Nǐ bié zhèyàng shuō hǎobùhǎo?

Don't talk like that, okay?

这道题做得好不好？

Zhè dào tí zuò de hǎo bù hǎo?

Did you do well on this problem?

Tips

grammar

Two uses: (1) A-not-A tag question asking for agreement, often softening a suggestion or complaint; (2) literal 'good or not?' assessing a result. Tone distinguishes — pleading rise for the tag, neutral for the assessment.

Stroke Order

好 hǎo

不 bù