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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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