Sentence #7772100 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 有趣 is built
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有yǒuto have; there is
有 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidA hand holding a piece of meat 月: to have.
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 有趣
有 6 strokes · 趣 15 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 有趣 (yǒuqù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
有趣 (yǒuqù) means “interesting” or “fascinating”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it yǒuqù: yǒu with a 3rd 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.
Yes. 有趣 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type youqu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 有趣 from the suggestions. Typing youqu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
有趣 is an HSK 4 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.
有yǒu3rd tone, dipping
趣qù4th tone, falling
