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也好

Mandarin · pinyin yě hǎo

Meanings

  1. that's fine
  2. may as well
  3. (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ...
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也
yě · also; classical final particle of strong affirmation or identity
好
hǎo · good, excellent, fine; well
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3–3 · ye3 hao3

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particle

  1. may as well; it may not be a bad idea (expressing hesitant acceptance)
  2. no matter whether; whether it be (in the sentence structure X也好，Y也好)

verb

  1. to be easy to; to be convenient for

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