興趣

See also: 兴趣

Chinese
 
interest; flourish; it is the fashion to
interest; flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular
 interesting; to interest
trad. (興趣) 興 趣
simp. (兴趣) 兴 趣

Pronunciation

Noun

興趣

  1. (countable, uncountable) interest (feeling of curiosity about something)
    濃厚的興趣／浓厚的兴趣  ―  nónghòu de xìngqù  ―  great interest
    誘發學生寫作興趣的方法 [MSC, trad.]
    诱发学生写作兴趣的方法 [MSC, simp.]
    yòufā xuéshēng xiězuò xìngqù de fāngfǎ [Pinyin]
    methods of arousing students' interest in writing
    我是對這些沒什麼興趣。 [MSC, trad.]
    我是对这些没什么兴趣。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ shì duì zhèxiē méishénme xìngqù. [Pinyin]
    I have no interest in any of these.
  2. (countable) interest (activity or subject one enjoys)

Synonyms
  • (interest: feeling of curiosity):
  • (interest: activity or subject):

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (興趣):
  • → Japanese: 興(きょう)趣(しゅ) (kyōshu)
  • → Korean: 흥취(興趣) (heungchwi)
  • → Vietnamese: hứng thú (興趣)

See also

Japanese
Kanji in this term
興 趣
きょう
Grade: 5		 しゅ
Grade: S
kan’on

Pronunciation

Noun

興(きょう)趣(しゅ) • (kyōshu) 

  1. charm, appeal, the quality of being interesting
  2. interest (attention given to someone or something)
    Synonyms: 興味 (kyōmi), 興 (kyō)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
興趣

Noun

興趣

  1. chữ Hán form of hứng thú (“interest”).

Adjective

興趣

  1. chữ Hán form of hứng thú (“interested”).
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