{"id":10886,"date":"2024-05-20T20:35:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T12:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/?p=10886"},"modified":"2025-03-28T18:09:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T10:09:22","slug":"hao-nan-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/20\/hao-nan-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Functions of \u597d h\u01ceo and \u96be n\u00e1n"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_1 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/20\/hao-nan-chinese\/#Good_and_Bad\" >Good and Bad<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/20\/hao-nan-chinese\/#Ease_and_Difficulty\" >Ease and Difficulty<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/20\/hao-nan-chinese\/#How_do_you_know_which_meaning_it_has\" >How do you know which meaning it has?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:4px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#8c549f\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Grammar Point:<\/mark><\/strong><br>In Chinese, the characters \u597d h\u01ceo and <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u96e3<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u96be<\/span> n\u00e1n can be used as prefixes to form compounds that express ideas of good and bad, or ease and difficulty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Good_and_Bad\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#8c549f\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Good and Bad<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u770b<\/span><rt>h\u01ceok\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u770b<\/span><rt>h\u01ceok\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/td><td>Good-looking\/Interesting<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u96e3\u770b<\/span><rt>n\u00e1nk\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u96be\u770b<\/span><rt>n\u00e1nk\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/td><td>Ugly<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u5403<\/span><rt>h\u01ceoch\u012b<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u5403<\/span><rt>h\u01ceoch\u012b<\/rt><\/ruby><\/td><td>Delicious<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u96e3\u5403<\/span><rt>n\u00e1nch\u012b<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u96be\u5403<\/span><rt>n\u00e1nch\u012b<\/rt><\/ruby><\/td><td>Tastes bad<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u807d<\/span><rt>h\u01ceot\u012bng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u542c<\/span><rt>h\u01ceot\u012bng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/td><td>Pleasant to listen to<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u96e3\u807d<\/span><rt>n\u00e1nt\u012bng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u96be\u542c<\/span><rt>n\u00e1nt\u012bng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/td><td>Unpleasant to listen to<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5531\u6b4c<\/span><rt>ch\u00e0ngg\u0113<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u771f\u7684<\/span><rt>zh\u0113nde<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96e3\u807d<\/span><rt>n\u00e1nt\u012bng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5531\u6b4c<\/span><rt>ch\u00e0ngg\u0113<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u771f\u7684<\/span><rt>zh\u0113nde<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96be\u542c<\/span><rt>n\u00e1nt\u012bng<\/rt><\/ruby><br>His singing is really unpleasant to listen to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u505a<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u98ef<\/span><rt>f\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u975e\u5e38<\/span><rt>f\u0113ich\u00e1ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u5403<\/span><rt>h\u01ceoch\u012b<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u505a<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u996d<\/span><rt>f\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u975e\u5e38<\/span><rt>f\u0113ich\u00e1ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u5403<\/span><rt>h\u01ceoch\u012b<\/rt><\/ruby><br>The food he makes is very delicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9019<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5496\u5561<\/span><rt>k\u0101f\u0113i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d<\/span><rt>h\u01ceo<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96e3\u559d<\/span><rt>n\u00e1nh\u0113<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt>\uff0c<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u600e\u9ebc<\/span><rt>z\u011bnme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9019\u9ebc<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8me<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u82e6<\/span><rt>k\u01d4<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5496\u5561<\/span><rt>k\u0101f\u0113i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d<\/span><rt>h\u01ceo<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96be\u559d<\/span><rt>n\u00e1nh\u0113<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt>\uff0c<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u600e\u4e48<\/span><rt>z\u011bnme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9\u4e48<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8y\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u82e6<\/span><rt>k\u01d4<\/rt><\/ruby><br>This coffee tastes awful; why is it so bitter?<br>(Note that the character \u597d h\u01ceo  in this sentence is an adverb that means &#8220;really.&#8221;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u63a8\u85a6<\/span><rt>tu\u012bji\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96fb\u5f71<\/span><rt>di\u00e0ny\u01d0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u770b<\/span><rt>h\u01ceok\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u63a8\u8350<\/span><rt>tu\u012bji\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7535\u5f71<\/span><rt>di\u00e0ny\u01d0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u770b<\/span><rt>h\u01ceok\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><br>The movie you recommended is really good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ease_and_Difficulty\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#8c549f\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Ease and Difficulty<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u61c2<\/span><rt>h\u01ceod\u01d2ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u61c2<\/span><rt>h\u01ceod\u01d2ng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/td><td>Easy to understand<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u96e3\u61c2<\/span><rt>n\u00e1nd\u01d2ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u96be\u61c2<\/span><rt>n\u00e1nd\u01d2ng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/td><td>Difficult to understand<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u5403<\/span><rt>h\u01ceoch\u012b<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u5403<\/span><rt>h\u01ceoch\u012b<\/rt><\/ruby><\/td><td>Easy to eat<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u96e3\u5403<\/span><rt>n\u00e1nch\u012b<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u96be\u5403<\/span><rt>n\u00e1nch\u012b<\/rt><\/ruby><\/td><td>Difficult to eat<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u5b78<\/span><rt>h\u01ceoxu\u00e9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u5b66<\/span><rt>h\u01ceoxu\u00e9<\/rt><\/ruby><\/td><td>Easy to learn<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u96e3\u5b78<\/span><rt>n\u00e1nxu\u00e9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u96be\u5b66<\/span><rt>n\u00e1nxu\u00e9<\/rt><\/ruby><\/td><td>Difficult to learn<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u5b78<\/span><rt>h\u01ceoxu\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u82f1\u6587<\/span><rt>y\u012bngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96e3\u5b78<\/span><rt>n\u00e1nxu\u00e9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u5b66<\/span><rt>h\u01ceoxu\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u82f1\u6587<\/span><rt>y\u012bngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96be\u5b66<\/span><rt>n\u00e1nxu\u00e9<\/rt><\/ruby><br>Chinese is easy to learn, but English is hard to learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u89ba\u5f97<\/span><rt>ju\u00e9de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u86cb\u7cd5<\/span><rt>d\u00e0ng\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u505a<\/span><rt>h\u01ceozu\u00f2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u55ce<\/span><rt>ma<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u89c9\u5f97<\/span><rt>ju\u00e9de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u86cb\u7cd5<\/span><rt>d\u00e0ng\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u505a<\/span><rt>h\u01ceozu\u00f2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5417<\/span><rt>ma<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><br>Do you think making a cake is easy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u540d\u5b57<\/span><rt>m\u00edngzi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96e3\u5beb<\/span><rt>n\u00e1nxi\u011b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7c21\u55ae<\/span><rt>ji\u01cend\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u540d\u5b57<\/span><rt>m\u00edngzi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96be\u5199<\/span><rt>n\u00e1nxi\u011b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b80\u5355<\/span><rt>ji\u01cend\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><br>My name is not hard to write; it&#8217;s very simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8aaa<\/span><rt>shu\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8a71<\/span><rt>hu\u00e0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96e3\u61c2<\/span><rt>n\u00e1nd\u01d2ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8bf4<\/span><rt>shu\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8bdd<\/span><rt>hu\u00e0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96be\u61c2<\/span><rt>n\u00e1nd\u01d2ng<\/rt><\/ruby><br>What you said is hard to understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_you_know_which_meaning_it_has\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#8c549f\" class=\"has-inline-color\">How do you know which meaning it has?<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Judging by the context, there&#8217;s no other way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8783\u87f9<\/span><rt>p\u00e1ngxi\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96e3\u5403<\/span><rt>n\u00e1nch\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53ef\u662f<\/span><rt>k\u011bsh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u5403<\/span><rt>h\u01ceoch\u012b<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8783\u87f9<\/span><rt>p\u00e1ngxi\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96be\u5403<\/span><rt>n\u00e1nch\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53ef\u662f<\/span><rt>k\u011bsh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u5403<\/span><rt>h\u01ceoch\u012b<\/rt><\/ruby><br>Crabs are hard to eat, but they&#8217;re delicious.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/tiffanystalk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"58\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-300x58.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-570\" style=\"width:150px;height:29px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-300x58.png 300w, 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