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好好

Mandarin · pinyin hǎo hǎo

in perfectly good condition; perfectly all right
well; thoroughly; carefully; properly

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好: hǎo · good, excellent, fine; well

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3–3 · hao3 hao3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hou2 hou2

Cantonese word readings for 好好. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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adv · Etymology 1

all out; to one's heart's content; earnestly; hard (of way of working)
behaving oneself

adj · Etymology 1

very good; very well
in perfectly good condition

phrase · Etymology 2

(chiefly Cantonese) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 好, 好: very good; excellent

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