Chinese word dictionary

趣味

qùwèi · fun; interest; delight; taste; liking; preference

Practice word

Word information

Simplified趣味

Traditional趣味

Pinyinqùwèi

Part of speech名

HSK 3.06

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

趣qù

interest; interesting; what attracts one's attention

味wèi

taste; smell, odor; delicacy

How to learn 趣味

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

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感兴趣gǎnxìngqù

to be interested

兴趣xìngqù

interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby; CL:個|个[ge4]

味wèi

taste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel; quality; sense; (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription

味道wèidào

flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest; delight; (dialect) smell; odor

有趣yǒuqù

interesting; fascinating; amusing

口味kǒuwèi

a person's preferences; tastes (in food); flavor