兴
趣

Interest (desire to know about sth) in Chinese: 兴趣 (xìng qù)

xìng qù

interest (desire to know about sth)

HSK 3Traditional: 興趣2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1interest (desire to know about sth)
  2. 2interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby

Stroke order

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兴
趣

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄥˋ

xìng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

ㄑㄩˋ

qù

ㄑ/ qㄩ/ üˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

兴趣

Simplified

興趣

Traditional

Example sentences

See 兴趣 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我不感兴趣。

    wǒ bù gǎn xìng qù。

    I'm not interested.

  • 我对书感兴趣。

    wǒ duì shū gǎn xìng qù。

    I am interested in books.

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Related words

高兴

gāo xìng

happy

兴奋

xīng fèn

excited

有趣

yǒu qù

interesting

乐趣

lè qù

delight

新兴

xīn xīng

(of markets, industries, infectious diseases etc) rising

兴旺

xīng wàng

prosperous

风趣

fēng qù

charm

复兴

fù xīng

to revive

趣味

qù wèi

fun

扫兴

sǎo xìng

to spoil things

兴建

xīng jiàn

to build

兴起

xīng qǐ

to rise

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