(tài hǎo le) - great, wonderful, excellent (exclamation) in Mandarin

tàihǎole

Traditional: 太好了

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Translation

great, wonderful, excellent (exclamation)

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Word origin

An exclamatory phrase: 太 (tài) 'too', 好 (hǎo) 'good' and the particle 了 (le). 太 is 大 (big) with an extra stroke; 好 joins 女 (woman) and 子 (child), an image read as 'good'; 了 marks change of state. Together they mean 'wonderful'.

Origin: compound
Root: 太 (tài, too) + 好 (hǎo, good: 女 woman + 子 child) + 了 (le)

Stroke order

太

好

了

Examples

，！

Great, you're here!

，！

Passed the exam, wonderful!

，。

Excellent, this is exactly what I wanted.

，。

You came, that is wonderful.

太好了 (tài hǎo le) - great, wonderful, excellent (exclamation).

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This word is taught in chapter 7, lesson 8: 太好了, 些, 至少 and 7 more words.