Chinese Lesson: Expressing coincidence with 正好

正好 (zhèng hǎo) can be used as an adjective or adverb to help express a coincidence, and it could be related to time, size, volume, quantity, degree, etc.

 

Structure:

Subj. + 正好 + Verb Phrase

 

You can use 正好 to mean “happen to be”:

 

Examples:

我 正好 要 出去 ,垃圾 我 来 扔 吧 。

Wǒ zhènghǎo yào chūqù, lājī wǒ lái rēng ba.

I’m just about to leave. I’ll take out the trash.

 

你 来 了 !我 正好 要 找 你 。

Nǐ lái le! Wǒ zhènghǎo yào zhǎo nǐ.

You are here! I was just looking for you.

 

我们 正好 也 要 去 那儿 ,一起 走 吧 。

Wǒmen zhènghǎo yě yào qù nàr, yīqǐ zǒu ba.

We just happen to be going there. Let’s go together.

 

 

You can also use 正好 by itself to mean “just right” or “just enough.”:

 

Examples:

这 件 衣服 的 大 小 正好 。

Zhè jiàn yīfu de dà xiǎo zhènghǎo.

The size of these clothes is just right.

 

水温 正好,不 冷 也 不 热 。

Shuǐwēn zhènghǎo, bù lěng yě bù rè.

The temperature of the water is perfect, not too cold, not too hot.


Post time: Feb-03-2020