興味

See also: 兴味

Chinese

		interest; flourish; it is the fashion to interest; flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular	taste
trad. (興味)		興	味
simp. (兴味)		兴	味

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xìngwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hing³ mei⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hin-mi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xìngwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìngwèi
  - Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-wei⁴
  - Yale: syìng-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqwey
  - Palladius: синвэй (sinvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hing³ mei⁶
  - Yale: hing meih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hing³ mei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hing³ méi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ³³ mei̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hin-mi
  - Hakka Romanization System: hin mi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hin⁴ mi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /hin⁵⁵ mi⁵⁵/

Noun

興味

interest

Synonyms

享受 (xiǎngshòu)
局 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
意味 (yìwèi)
意思
意趣 (yìqù)
樂趣／乐趣 (lèqù)
氣味／气味 (qìwèi) (figurative)
興會／兴会 (xìnghuì) (literary)
興致／兴致 (xìngzhì)
興趣／兴趣 (xìngqù)
趣味 (qùwèi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
興	味
きょう Grade: 5	み Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

興(きょう)味(み) • (kyōmi)

interest
何(なに)かに興味(きょうみ)を持(も)つ
nanika ni kyōmi o motsu
to take an interest in something

何(なに)かに興味(きょうみ)がある
nanika ni kyōmi ga aru
to be interested in something

Synonyms

関心(かんしん) (kanshin)

Derived terms

興味津々(きょうみしんしん) (kyōmishinshin)
興味本位(きょうみほんい) (kyōmihon'i)
興味深(きょうみぶか)い (kyōmibukai)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
興	味

Noun

興味 • (heungmi) (hangeul 흥미)

Hanja form^? of 흥미 (“interest”).

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