好 言 好 语

hǎo yán hǎo yǔdictionary entry

sincere, well-meant, kind words

Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-0709d94636986d94. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

好言好語好言好语 [hao3 yan2 hao3 yu3] /sincere, well-meant, kind words/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 好言好語

好
hǎo
good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a form of address) hello
hào
to be fond of / to have a tendency to / to be prone to
言
yán
words / speech / to say / to talk
好
hǎo
good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a form of address) hello
hào
to be fond of / to have a tendency to / to be prone to
语
yǔ
dialect / language / speech
yù
(literary) to tell / to let (sb) know

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.