好消息

hǎoxiāo

Traditional: 好消息

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Translation

good news

Word origin

A compound of 好 (hǎo, good) and 消息 (xiāo xī, news, information), literally good news.

Origin
compound
Root
好 (hǎo, good) + 消息 (xiāo xī, news)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 好

Stroke order for 消

Stroke order for 息

Examples

I have some good news to tell you.

This really is good news!

On hearing the good news, everyone smiled.

She brought some good news.

At last there is good news.

好消息 (hǎo xiāo xī) means good news. It is the common way to announce a welcome piece of information, the opposite of 坏消息 (bad news).

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