hǎo dǎi

HSK 7–9

好歹 (hǎo dǎi) is a Chinese word meaning “good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case”.

Meanings

  1. 1good and bad
  2. 2most unfortunate occurrence
  3. 3in any case
  4. 4whatever
Part of speech
noun, adverb

Characters in 好歹

好hǎo · good歹dǎi · bad

Related words

好good好to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to好像as if好好well; carefully; nicely; properly不好意思to feel embarrassed不好no good好运good luck美好beautiful正好just (in time)好事good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed")好事to be meddlesome好人good person

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