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也好

yě hǎo
HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 6 Particle Uncommon

Definitions

  1. 1. that's fine
  2. 2. may as well
  3. 3. (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ...

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Word relationships

Synonyms

2 items
随便
suí biàn

as one wishes

When expressing 'whatever' or 'as you wish', 随便 is more direct and casual.
无所谓
wú suǒ wèi

to be indifferent

Indicating indifference, similar to 'doesn't matter'.

Usage notes

Common mistakes

Also common as a reply is “也好” or “也好吧”.

Grammar

Guides that feature 也好

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HSK 2.0 Level 6+ HSK 3.0 Level 7–9+ 6 min
X也好，Y也罢 and 也罢 for “Whether X or Y” and “Oh Well”

Use X也好，Y也罢 to say that the result is the same whichever case is true, and 也罢 on its own to accept something reluctantly: “oh well, fine”.

Reading: yě hǎo Open guide
HSK 2.0 Level 6+ HSK 3.0 Level 6+ 6 min
Particles 啦, 嘛 and 也好

Add a lively change with 啦, an “it’s obvious” or coaxing tone with 嘛, and accept options with 也好 or A也好，B也好.

Reading: yě hǎo Open guide

Example Sentences

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我们去看电影， 也好 。
We'll go see a movie, that's fine.

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Words Containing 也好

也好不了多少
yě hǎo bu liǎo duō shǎo

hardly any better

也好不到哪里去
yě hǎo bù dào nǎ lǐ qù

just as bad; not much better

Child Words of 也好

也
yě

(adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only)

好
hǎo

good

好
hào

to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to