興味

See also: 兴味

Chinese

		interest; flourish; it is the fashion to interest; flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular	taste
trad. (興味)		興	味
simp. (兴味)		兴	味

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìngwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing³ mei⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hin-mi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìngwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìngwèi
    • Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-wei⁴
    • Yale: syìng-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqwey
    • Palladius: синвэй (sinvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing³ mei⁶
    • Yale: hing meih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing³ mei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing³ méi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ³³ mei̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hin-mi
    • Hakka Romanization System: hin mi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hin⁴ mi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hin⁵⁵ mi⁵⁵/

Noun

興味

1. interest

Synonyms

• 享受 (xiǎngshòu)
• 局 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 意味 (yìwèi)
• 意思
• 意趣 (yìqù)
• 樂趣／乐趣 (lèqù)
• 氣味／气味 (qìwèi) (figurative)
• 興會／兴会 (xìnghuì) (literary)
• 興致／兴致 (xìngzhì)
• 興趣／兴趣 (xìngqù)
• 趣味 (qùwèi)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
興	味
きょう Grade: 5	み Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

興(きょう)味(み) • (kyōmi) 

1. interest

   何(なに)かに興味(きょうみ)を持(も)つ

   nanika ni kyōmi o motsu

   to take an interest in something

   何(なに)かに興味(きょうみ)がある

   nanika ni kyōmi ga aru

   to be interested in something

Synonyms

• 関心(かんしん) (kanshin)

Derived terms

• 興味津々(きょうみしんしん) (kyōmishinshin)
• 興味本位(きょうみほんい) (kyōmihon'i)
• 興味深(きょうみぶか)い (kyōmibukai)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
興	味

Noun

興味 • (heungmi) (hangeul 흥미)

1. Hanja form^? of 흥미 (“interest”).