HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Hobbies, Sport

兴趣 xìngqù “interest” in Chinese

Traditional 興趣

What 兴趣 means

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

How to say 兴趣

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale兴xìng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale趣qù4th tone, falling

兴趣 in a sentence

  1. 我想她对你有兴趣。

    Wǒ xiǎng tā duì nǐ yǒu xìngqù.

    I think she’s interested in you.

    Sentence #2027944 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你对什么感兴趣？

    Nǐ duì shénme gǎn xìngqù?

    What are you interested in?

    Sentence #3378220 from Tatoeba

  3. 这是你的兴趣爱好吗？

    Zhè shì nǐ de xìngqù àihào ma?

    Is this your hobby?

    Sentence #9991915 from Tatoeba

How 兴趣 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 兴 (xìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
兴xìngfeeling or desire to do sth
  • ⺍small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 一one · yī
  • 八eight · bā
The character 趣 (qù) with each of its parts in a different colour
趣qùinteresting
  • 走walk · zǒuMeaning part
  • 取to take · qǔSound part

走 hints at the meaning (walk); 取 (qǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with qù.

How to write 兴趣

兴 6 strokes · 趣 15 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 兴趣

Words with 兴

高兴gāoxìng · happy感兴趣gǎn xìngqù · be interested in兴奋xīngfèn · excited兴旺xīngwàng · prosperous兴隆xīnglóng · prosperous振兴zhènxīng · to revitalise复兴fùxīng · revival兴高采烈xìnggāocǎiliè · in high spirits兴致勃勃xìngzhìbóbó · full of enthusiasm

Words with 趣

感兴趣gǎn xìngqù · be interested in有趣yǒuqù · interesting风趣fēngqù · witty乐趣lèqù · delight趣味qùwèi · interest

More words: Hobbies, Sport & Leisure

运动员yùndòngyuán · athlete晚会wǎnhuì · evening party得分défēn · to score (points)拍照pāizhào · to take a photo照相zhàoxiàng · to take a photo请客qǐngkè · to treat someone (to a meal)运动会yùndònghuì · sports meet做客zuòkè · to be a guest

FAQs

兴趣 (xìngqù) means “interest” or “hobby”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it xìngqù: xìng with a 4th tone, then qù 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, 兴趣 is written 興趣. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xingqu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 兴趣 from the suggestions. Typing xingqu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
兴趣 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 4 word list. It is not on the older 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.