HSK 5 · Adjectives

好客 hàokè “hospitable” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 好客 means

  1. hospitable
  2. hospitality
  3. to treat guests well
  4. to enjoy having guests
  5. friendly

How to say 好客

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale好hào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale客kè4th tone, falling

好客 in a sentence

  1. 所有的客人都被她的好客感动了。

    Suǒyǒu de kèrén dōu bèi tā de hàokè gǎndòng le.

    All the guests were touched by her hospitality.

    Sentence #408260 from Tatoeba

  2. 阿尔及利亚人是好客的族群。

    Ā'ěrjílìyàrén shì hàokè de zúqún.

    Algerians are a hospitable people.

    Sentence #13109411 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 好客 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hàoto be fond of; to have a tendency to
  • 女woman · nǚ
  • 子child · zǐ

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

The character 客 (kè) with each of its parts in a different colour
客kècustomer; visitor; guest
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 各individual · gè

Memory aidSomeone 各 welcomed under your roof 宀: a guest.

How to write 好客

好 6 strokes · 客 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 好客

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 客

不客气bú kèqi · you’re welcome客人kèrén · guest游客yóukè · tourist请客qǐngkè · to treat someone (to a meal)做客zuòkè · to be a guest客厅kètīng · drawing room (room for arriving guests)顾客gùkè · customer客观kèguān · objective客户kèhù · client

More words: Adjectives

淡dàn · light (in taste or colour)地道dìdao · authentic干燥gānzào · dry (weather高级gāojí · high level滑huá · slippery宽kuān · wide夸张kuāzhāng · to exaggerate平安píng'ān · safe and sound

FAQs

好客 (hàokè) means “hospitable” or “hospitality”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it hàokè: hào with a 4th tone, then kè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 好客 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type haoke with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 好客 from the suggestions. Typing haoke into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
好客 is an HSK 5 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.