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Carefully in Chinese

carefully · HSK 4

好好 hǎo hǎo

  1. 好 hǎo good

你要好好休息,别太累了。 You should rest properly and not get too tired.

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How do you say carefully in Chinese?

Carefully in Chinese is 好好 (hǎo hǎo). You can also say 仔细 (zǐ xì), 细 (xì).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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