恰好

Mandarin · pinyin qià hǎo

Meanings

  1. as it turns out
  2. by lucky coincidence
  3. (of number, time, size etc) just right
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恰
qià · just, exactly, precisely; proper
好
hǎo · good, excellent, fine; well
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4–3 · qia4 hao3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hap1 hou2

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  1. just right; as luck would have it; as it turns out, by lucky coincidence

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