HSK 6 · Adjectives

恰到好处 qiàdàohǎochù “just right” in Chinese

Traditional 恰到好處

What 恰到好处 means

  1. just right
  2. to perfection
  3. it’s just perfect
  4. it’s just right

How to say 恰到好处

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale恰qià4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale到dào4th tone, falling
  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale处chù4th tone, falling

恰到好处 in a sentence

  1. 这道菜的咸淡恰到好处。

    Zhè dào cài de xiándàn qiàdàohǎochù.

    This dish is seasoned just right.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她的妆化得恰到好处。

    Tā de zhuāng huà de qiàdàohǎochù.

    Her make-up is just right.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 恰到好处 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 恰 (qià) with each of its parts in a different colour
恰qiàexactly
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 合to combine · gěSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 合 (gě) hints at the sound. Compare it with qià.

The character 到 (dào) with each of its parts in a different colour
到dàoto reach; to arrive
  • 至arrive · zhìMeaning part
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoSound part

至 hints at the meaning (arrive); 刂 (dāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with dào.

Memory aidArrive 至 gives the meaning; the knife 刂 (刀 dāo) gives the sound: to arrive.

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chùplace; locality
  • 夂go · zhǐ
  • 卜divination · bǔ

How to write 恰到好处

恰 9 strokes · 到 8 strokes · 好 6 strokes · 处 5 strokes

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

Words related to 恰到好处

Words with 恰

恰当qiàdàng · appropriate恰巧qiàqiǎo · by chance

Words with 到

到dào · to迟到chídào · arrive late遇到yùdào · to meet想到xiǎngdào · to think of感到gǎndào · to feel见到jiàndào · to see做到zuòdào · to accomplish直到zhídào · until得到dédào · to get收到shōudào · to receive

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

好处hǎochu · benefit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

More words: Adjectives

平庸píngyōng · mediocre朴实pǔshí · plain朴素pǔsù · plain恰当qiàdàng · appropriate谦逊qiānxùn · modest锲而不舍qiè'érbùshě · to persevere切实qièshí · practical奇妙qímiào · wonderful

FAQs

恰到好处 (qiàdàohǎochù) means “just right” or “to perfection”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qiàdàohǎochù: qià with a 4th tone, then dào with a 4th tone, then hǎo with a 3rd tone, then chù with a 4th 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, 恰到好处 is written 恰到好處. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qiadaohaochu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 恰到好处 from the suggestions. Typing qiadaohaochu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
恰到好处 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.