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嗜好

shì hào

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

嗜好 (shì hào) means "hobby; indulgence; habit". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 嗜好 means

1. hobby; indulgence; habit; addiction

The characters in 嗜好

• 嗜shì(bound form) to have a strong liking for; to be addicted to
• 好hǎogood; appropriate; proper; all right!

Example sentences

• 我的嗜好是集邮。
  Wǒ de shìhào shì jíyóu.
  My hobby is collecting stamps.
• 葵的嗜好是跳舞。
  Aoi's hobby is dancing.
• 她的嗜好是集邮。
  Her hobby is collecting stamps.
• 他们有相同的嗜好。
  They have the same habits.
• 我父亲的嗜好是钓鱼。
  Wǒ fùqīn de shìhào shì diàoyú.
  My father's hobby is fishing.
• 溜冰是我的嗜好之一。
  Liūbīng shì wǒ de shìhào zhīyī.
  Skating is one of my hobbies.

Sounds the same

Read shì hào, tone for tone, but written differently.

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