B2 · Grammar reference · ASG18JOA
Expressing purpose with "hao"
好 (hǎo) can mean "in order to or "for the sake of" when coming before a verb phrase, and therefore expresses the purpose. You might think of it as a more advanced version of the [[Easy to do something|"easy to [verb]" 好]].
- Keywords
- 好
- Used for
- Expressing Purpose
- Classification
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Examples (10)
她睡前常常喝牛奶，好入睡。
老师，请说慢点儿，我们好做笔记。
请把车停到里面，好让别人走路。
他学习非常努力，好考个好大学。
她在学中文，好听得懂别人说什么。
小明今天把自己打扮得很帅气，好给别人留一个好印象。
我准备了详细的分析报告，这样好让客户满意。
我已经定好了闹钟，好抢票。
公司整理了最近几个月的资金记录，好制定下一季度的计划。
导游给每个人都发了一个帽子，这样好找到每个人。
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Summary, structure, classification, and adapted sentence examples draw from the AllSet Learning Chinese Grammar Wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0; changes were made. This noncommercial reference is based on an October 2023 snapshot.
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