HSK 4 · Objects

好处 hǎochu “benefit” in Chinese

Traditional 好處

What 好处 means

  1. benefit
  2. advantage
  3. merit
  4. gain
  5. profit

How to say 好处

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale好hǎo3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own处chuneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

好处 in a sentence

  1. 一点新鲜空气对身体有好处。

    Yìdiǎn xīnxiān kōngqì duì shēntǐ yǒu hǎochu.

    A little fresh air is good for you.

    Sentence #12615487 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 去国外旅行有很多好处。

    Qù guówài lǚxíng yǒu hěn duō hǎochu.

    Travelling overseas has lots of benefits.

    Sentence #8739485 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 冬天的好处在于没有蚊子。

    Dōngtiān de hǎochu zàiyú méiyǒu wénzi.

    The good thing about winter is that there are no mosquitoes.

    Sentence #5984780 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 好处 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 好 (hǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
好hǎogood
  • 女woman · nǚ
  • 子child · zǐ

Memory aidA woman 女 with her child 子: something good.

The character 处 (chu) with each of its parts in a different colour
处chuto reside
  • 夂go · zhǐ
  • 卜divination · bǔ

How to write 好处

好 6 strokes · 处 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

好处 (hǎochu) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 好处 (hǎochu). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 好处

Words with 好

好hǎo · good你好nǐ hǎo · hello好看hǎokàn · good-looking好听hǎotīng · pleasant to hear好玩儿hǎowánr · amusing好吃hǎochī · delicious不好意思bùhǎoyìsi · to feel embarrassed爱好àihào · hobby好多hǎoduō · a lot of好久hǎojiǔ · a long time

Words with 处

到处dàochù · everywhere处理chǔlǐ · to handle相处xiāngchǔ · to get along (with someone)处置chǔzhì · to deal with处分chǔfèn · disciplinary action处境chǔjìng · situation恰到好处qiàdàohǎochù · just right

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FAQs

好处 (hǎochu) means “benefit” or “advantage”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it hǎochu: hǎo with a 3rd tone, then chu with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 好处 is written 好處. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type haochu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 好处 from the suggestions. Typing haochu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
好处 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.