好看

good-looking in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 好看 with this easy mnemonic:

Research shows that people unconsciously judge others on their looks. Therefore, parents in Korea would save plastic surgery money for their children as they see (看) good-looking people have good (好) prospects in life.

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

The reading of 好看 is hǎo kàn.

You can remember how to say 好看 with this useful mnemonic:

How (hǎo) you appear can (kàn) be more important than you want to believe.

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

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