好性

hǎoxìng
adjective #34,140

Meanings

  1. 1 good-tempered
  2. 2 patient
  3. 3 even-tempered

Examples

HSK 3
Tā shì ge hǎoxìngzi de nǚhái, cónglái bù shēngqì.
She's a good-tempered girl who never gets angry.
HSK 7-9
Tā zhēnshi hǎoxìng, zěnme qì tā dōu bù fāhuǒ.
He really has a good temper - no matter how you provoke him, he won't lose his cool.

Tips

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Most often heard in the colloquial expanded form 好性子 (good-tempered). Bare 好性 sounds slightly bookish or northern-dialectal. Compare with 脾气好 which is the more common modern phrasing.

Stroke Order

hǎo
xìng