HSK 3.0 Level 1 · Adjectives

好听 hǎotīng “pleasant to hear” in Chinese

Traditional 好聽

What 好听 means

  1. pleasant to hear

How to say 好听

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale听tīng1st tone, high and level

好听 in a sentence

  1. 这首歌很好听。

    Zhè shǒu gē hěn hǎotīng.

    This song sounds lovely.

    Sentence #8743233 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我妹妹唱歌很好听。

    Wǒ mèimei chànggē hěn hǎotīng.

    My younger sister sings really well.

    Sentence #346120 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他的声音很好听。

    Tā de shēngyīn hěn hǎotīng.

    He has a pleasant voice.

    Sentence #369130 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 好听 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 听 (tīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
听tīngto listen to; to hear
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 斤axe · jīn

Memory aidMouth 口 with 斤 (jīn) for the sound. The full form 聽 has an ear 耳 in it: to listen.

How to write 好听

好 6 strokes · 听 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 好听

Words with 好

好hǎo · good你好nǐ hǎo · hello好看hǎokàn · good-looking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好像hǎoxiàng · as if

Words with 听

听tīng · to listen听见tīngjiàn · to hear听说tīngshuō · to hear (it said that)难听nántīng · unpleasant to hear打听dǎting · to ask about倾听qīngtīng · to listen attentively

More words: Adjectives

热rè · hot高兴gāoxìng · happy漂亮piàoliang · beautiful好看hǎokàn · good-looking好玩儿hǎowánr · amusing快乐kuàilè · happy慢màn · slow快kuài · fast

FAQs

好听 (hǎotīng) means “pleasant to hear”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word.
Say it hǎotīng: hǎo with a 3rd tone, then tīng with a 1st 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, 好听 is written 好聽. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type haoting with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 好听 from the suggestions. Typing haoting into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
好听 is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 1 word list. It is not on the older 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.