学好 (xué hǎo) — to learn well (master a skill); to emulate good examples (imitate admirable behavior)

Definition

学好 (xué hǎo) is a verb-complement phrase: 'to learn [something] well' (master a skill or subject) — note the result complement 好, which requires a study object before it. The 'emulate good examples' sense reads as 'learn to be good'.

verb
to learn well (master a skill)to emulate good examples (imitate admirable behavior)

Examples

  • 学好。
    Tā měi tiān dōu xiǎng xué hǎo yīng yǔ.
    He wants to learn English well every day.
  • 学好，。
    Tā xué hǎo le zhōng wén, xiàn zài kě yǐ gēn zhōng guó rén liáo tiān.
    He has learned Chinese well, and now can chat with Chinese people.
  • 学好，。
    Nián qīng rén yào xué hǎo, bú yào gēn huài péng you yì qǐ wán.
    Young people should emulate good examples and not hang out with bad friends.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

学xuélearn
好hǎowell

学 is learning, and 好 adds the idea of being well done, giving learn well.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.

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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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