好找 (hǎo zhǎo) — easy to find | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

adjective

easy to find

Examples

好找。
Zhè ge dì fāng hěn hǎo zhǎo.
This place is very easy to find.
好找，。
Tā de jiā bú tài hǎo zhǎo, zài xiàng zi lǐ.
His home is not very easy to find, it's in an alley.
好找。
Zhè ge wèn tí de dá àn hěn hǎo zhǎo.
The answer to this question is easy to find.

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 means easy and 找 means find, giving the sense of easy to find.

Characters in this word

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

女子好

女女nǚwoman
子子zǐchild

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

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

扌戈找

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

戈

戈gē找zhǎo

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

找 pairs 扌 (hand) with 戈 as a sound part. The idea that it shows a hand looking for a halberd is only a memory trick.

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