好生

hǎoshēng

adverb #38,875

Meanings

1 very; quite
2 properly; well
3 thoroughly; carefully (dialectal)

Characters

(adverbial suffix)

Examples

你好生看着孩子，别让他乱跑。

Nǐ hǎoshēng kān zhe háizi, bié ràng tā luàn pǎo.

Watch the child carefully — don't let him run around.

这件事好生奇怪。

Zhè jiàn shì hǎoshēng qíguài.

This matter is quite strange.

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Dialectal/literary — common in classical novels (《水浒传》, 《红楼梦》) and northern dialects, less in modern standard speech. Two flavors: intensifier (“very”) before adjectives, and “carefully / properly” before verbs.

Stroke Order

好 hǎo

生 shēng