好端端

hǎoduānduān

adverb #24,997

Meanings

1 perfectly fine
2 in perfectly good condition
3 without rhyme or reason
4 out of nowhere

Characters

upright, proper, tip, end

upright, proper (reduplicated for emphasis)

Examples

好端端的，他突然哭了起来。

Hǎoduānduān de, tā tūrán kūle qǐlái.

Out of nowhere, he suddenly started crying.

好端端的一件事，让他搞砸了。

Hǎoduānduān de yī jiàn shì, ràng tā gǎozále.

A perfectly fine thing was ruined by him.

你好端端的去招惹他干什么？

Nǐ hǎoduānduān de qù zhāorě tā gàn shénme?

Why on earth would you go and provoke him when everything was fine?

Tips

usage

好端端 always describes a situation that was satisfactory and unchanged — used before something unexpected or unwarranted happens. It often implies mild surprise or complaint.

Stroke Order

好 hǎo

端 duān