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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 兴趣

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
兴趣 xìng qù - interest (desire to know about sth)
- interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby
- CL:個|个[ge4]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
3 4 795 2,901 3,245

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xīng- surname Xing
xīng- to rise
- to flourish
- to become popular
- to start
- to encourage
- to get up
- (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect)
- maybe (dialect)
xìng- feeling or desire to do sth
- interest in sth
- excitement
- interesting
- to interest

Other Words Containing 兴趣

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
兴趣 3 4 795 2,901 3,245
感兴趣 - 4 18,314 5,038 4,925
饶有兴趣 - - 69,721 - -