好转 hǎozhuǎn to improve
to improve; to take a turn for the better; improvement
How to remember 好转: 好 good + 转 to turn = to improve.
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How it is used
- To take a turn for the better - used of situations, health, weather, relations: 病情好转 (bìngqíng hǎozhuǎn) the illness is improving.
- Describes a trend reversing upward, not a person feeling good; the subject is a condition.
- Contrast 变好 (biàn hǎo, plainly "get better"); 好转 is more formal and implies recovery from a bad state.
Example sentences
- 我们近期内的情况应该会好转。 Wǒmen jìnqīnèi de qíngkuàng yīnggāi huì hǎozhuǎn.Our situation should improve in the near future.