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好些 (hǎo xiē) — quite a few; a good many; (pronoun) quite a lot

Definition

好些 (hǎoxiē) is a colloquial way to say 'quite a lot / a good many,' used as an adjective before a noun or a pronoun standing alone. Stronger than 几个 and more everyday than 诸多.

pronoun
quite a fewa good manyquite a lot

Examples

  • 。
    Wǒ men yǒu hǎo hǎo xiē nián méi jiàn le.
    We haven't seen each other for quite a few years.
  • 。
    Tā mǎi le hǎo hǎo xiē běn xiǎo shuō.
    He bought quite a few novels.
  • 。
    Hǎo hǎo xiē rén dōu bù xǐ huan zhè zhǒng tiān qì.
    Quite a lot of people don't like this kind of weather.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

好hǎoquite
些xiēsome

好 gives a sense of quite, and 些 means some, so together they mean quite a lot.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

好 joins 女 (woman) and 子 (child), understood as a woman with a child, linked to goodness or affection.

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