好生 (hǎo) — carefully; properly (in polite requests or instructions); quite; exceedingly (dialectal, northern Chinese)
Definition
An adverb with two main uses: in polite requests it means 'carefully, properly' (好生照顾自己); in northern colloquial speech it intensifies as 'quite, exceedingly' (好生生气).
adverb
carefullyproperly (in polite requests or instructions)quiteexceedingly (dialectal, northern Chinese)
Examples
- 。Nǐ yào hǎo zhào gù zì jǐ.You should take good care of yourself.
- 好生。Qǐng hǎo bǎo guǎn zhè xiē wén jiàn.Please keep these documents carefully.
- 好生，。Tā hǎo shēng qì, wǒ men bié rě tā.He is quite angry; let's not provoke him.
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