"Properly" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 好好 | hǎo hǎo | well / carefully / nicely / properly |   |
| 好生 | hǎo shēng | (dialect) very / quite / properly / well / thoroughly | |
| 得法 | dé fǎ | (doing sth) in the right way / suitable / properly | |
| 妥帖 | tuǒ tiē | properly / satisfactorily / firmly / very fitting / appropriate / proper / to be in good order / also written 妥貼|妥贴[tuo3 tie1] | |
| 妥贴 | tuǒ tiē | properly / satisfactorily / firmly / very fitting / appropriate / proper / to be in good order / also written 妥帖 | |
| 关严 | guān yán | to close (a window) completely / to shut (a door) properly / to turn off (a faucet) tightly | |
| 失灵 | shī líng | out of order (of machine) / not working properly / a failing (of a system) | |
| 开窍 | kāi qiào | to get it straight / to start to understand things properly / enlightenment dawns | |
| 夹生饭 | jiā shēng fàn | half-cooked rice / (fig.) half-finished job that is difficult to complete because it was not done properly in the first instance / Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5 fan4] | |
| 饬 |  chì | (bound form) to put in order / to arrange properly / circumspect / well-behaved / to give (sb) an order | |
| 挂好 | guà hǎo | to hang up properly (telephone, picture, clothes etc) | |
| 好好儿地 | hǎo haor1 de | properly / thoroughly | |
| 坐好 | zuò hǎo | to sit properly / to sit up straight | |
| 走扇 | zǒu shàn | not closing properly (of door, window etc) | |
| 人是铁饭是钢 | rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng | one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom) / an empty sack cannot stand upright | |
| 用得其所 | yòng de qí suǒ | used properly / used for its intended purpose / to put to good use / to serve its purpose | |
| 水能载舟，亦能覆舟 | shuǐ néng zài zhōu , yì néng fù zhōu | lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb) / fig. the people can support a regime or overturn it / if sth is used properly, one can benefit from it, otherwise it can do harm / things can be double-edged | |
