倒好 (dào hǎo) — (noun) booing; hooting (of disapproval, as from an audience)

Definition

Here 倒好 (dǎo) is a noun meaning booing or hooting from a crowd — disapproval sounds aimed at a performer or performance.

noun
booinghooting (of disapproval, as from an audience)

Examples

  • 倒好。
    Guān zhòng fā chū yí piàn dào hǎo shēng.
    The audience let out a wave of boos.
  • 倒好。
    Yǎn yuán zài dào hǎo zhōng cōng cōng xià tái.
    The actor hurried off the stage amid boos.
  • 倒好。
    Zhè cì yǎn chū méi yǒu tīng dào yī shēng dào hǎo.
    There wasn't a single boo during this performance.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

倒dǎoreverse
好hǎoapplause

倒 (reverse) turns 好 (applause) into a boo.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
到
到dào倒dào
Same sound today

倒 combines 亻 (person) with 到, which gives the sound.

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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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