HSK 3 · Education, Work

爱好 àihào “hobby” in Chinese

Traditional 愛好

What 爱好 means

  1. hobby
  2. fond of
  3. to like
  4. interest
  5. to be fond of
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to take pleasure in
  • to be keen on

How to say 爱好

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale爱ài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale好hào4th tone, falling

爱好 in a sentence

  1. 你的爱好是什么？

    Nǐ de àihào shì shénme?

    What’s your hobby?

    Sentence #2185225 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我的爱好是开车和弹吉他。

    Wǒ de àihào shì kāichē hé tán jítā.

    My hobbies are driving and playing the guitar.

    Sentence #7768337 from Tatoeba

  3. 他有很多兴趣爱好。

    Tā yǒu hěn duō xìngqù àihào.

    He has a lot of hobbies.

    Sentence #8936656 from Tatoeba

How 爱好 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 爱 (ài) with each of its parts in a different colour
爱àito love; to be fond of; to like
  • 爫claw form of 爪 · zhǎo
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 友friend · yǒu

Memory aidA hand 爫 bringing a friend 友 under a cover 冖: love.

The character 好 (hǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
好hàoto be fond of; to have a tendency to
  • 女woman · nǚ
  • 子child · zǐ

Memory aidA woman 女 with her child 子: something good.

How to write 爱好

爱 10 strokes · 好 6 strokes

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爱好 (àihào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 爱好 (àihào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 爱好

Words with 爱

爱ài · to love可爱kě'ài · cute爱人àiren · husband or wife喜爱xǐ'ài · to like爱情àiqíng · romance恋爱liàn'ài · romantic love爱护àihù · to cherish爱惜àixī · to cherish亲爱qīn'ài · dear爱心àixīn · compassion

Words with 好

好hǎo · good你好nǐ hǎo · hello好看hǎokàn · good-looking好听hǎotīng · pleasant to hear好玩儿hǎowánr · amusing好吃hǎochī · delicious不好意思bùhǎoyìsi · to feel embarrassed好多hǎoduō · a lot of好久hǎojiǔ · a long time好像hǎoxiàng · as if

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FAQs

爱好 (àihào) means “hobby” or “fond of”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it àihào: ài with a 4th tone, then hào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 爱好 is written 愛好. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type aihao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 爱好 from the suggestions. Typing aihao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
爱好 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.