志趣

Chinese

		the will	interesting; to interest
trad. (志趣)		志	趣
simp. #(志趣)		志	趣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìqù

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄑㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ ceoi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chì-chhù / chì-chhì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìqù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄑㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhcyù
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-chʻü⁴
    • Yale: jr̀-chyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhchiuh
    • Palladius: чжицюй (čžicjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi³ ceoi³
    • Yale: ji cheui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ tsoey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³ cêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ t͡sʰɵy̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chì-chhù
    • Tâi-lô: tsì-tshù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciezhux
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡si¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰu¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰu²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰu²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chì-chhì
    • Tâi-lô: tsì-tshì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciechix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰi²¹/

Noun

志趣

1. aspirations and interests; inclination; bent

Synonyms

• (literary) 臭味 (chòuwèi)

Related terms

• 志向 (zhìxiàng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (志趣):

• → Vietnamese: chí thú (志趣)