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好话

hǎo huàdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
friendly advice / words spoken on sb's behalf / a good word / kind words / words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions
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-853d78b0f6a87418. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

好話 好话 [hao3 hua4] /friendly advice/words spoken on sb's behalf/a good word/kind words/words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 好話

  • 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

  • 话
    huà

    dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL:種|种[zhǒng],席[xí],句[jù],口[kǒu],番[fān]

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.