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兴趣

xìng qù

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 興趣

兴趣 (xìng qù) means "interest (desire to know about sth)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 兴趣 means

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

The characters in 兴趣

• 兴xìngfeeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitement
• 趣qùinteresting; to interest

Example sentences

• 我不感兴趣。
  I'm not interested.
• 他还有兴趣吗？
  Is he still interested?
• 我对书感兴趣。
  I am interested in books.
• 汤姆感兴趣吗？
  Did Tom show an interest?
• 没有人感兴趣。
  Nobody was interested.
• 我对摄影感兴趣。
  Wǒ duì shèyǐng gǎnxìngqù.
  I have an interest in photography.

Words containing 兴趣

• 感兴趣gǎn xìng qùto be interested (in sth)
• 饶有兴趣ráo yǒu xìng qùengrossing
• 有兴趣yǒu xìng qùinterested; interesting

Where 兴趣 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Social Relations & Events (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xìng qù correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.