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兴致

xìng zhì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 興致

兴致 (xìng zhì) means "mood; spirits; interest". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 兴致 means

1. mood
2. spirits
3. interest

The characters in 兴致

• 兴xìngfeeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitement
• 致zhì(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite

Example sentences

• 蓝色的鸟栖息在树枝上，兴致昂扬地唱着歌。
  Lánsè de niǎo qīxī zài shùzhī shàng, xìngzhì ángyáng de chàng zhe gē.
  The blue bird is perched on a branch, singing cheerfully.

Words starting with 兴致

• 兴致勃勃xìng zhì bó bóto become exhilarated (idiom); in high spirits; full of zest

Sounds the same

Read xìng zhì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 性质nature; characteristic

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xìng zhì correctly.
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