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(hǎo hǎo) - properly, carefully, well (reduplicated for emphasis) in Mandarin

hǎohǎo

Traditional: 好好

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HSK 3
#344 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

properly, carefully, well (reduplicated for emphasis)

Word origin

A reduplication of 好 (hao) 'good', itself the associative pairing of 女 'woman' and 子 'child'. Doubling gives the adverbial sense 'properly, carefully, well'.

Origin
compound
Root
好 (hao, 'good', 女 woman + 子 child) reduplicated

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Examples

Study hard and make progress every day.

Please think about it carefully.

You need to rest properly.

You should have a proper rest.

Please listen properly to the teacher.

好好 (hǎo hǎo) - properly, carefully, well (reduplicated for emphasis).

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This word is part of lesson 7.