愛好

See also: 爱好

Chinese

		to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like	good; well; be fond of
trad. (愛好)		愛	好
simp. (爱好)		爱	好

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àihào

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ ㄏㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi³ hou³
• Northern Min (KCR): o̿-ha̿u
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ài-hòⁿ
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵e-hau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àihào
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄏㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àihào
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴-hao⁴
    • Yale: ài-hàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ayhaw
    • Palladius: айхао (ajxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: oi³ hou³
    • Yale: oi hou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi³ hou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi³ hou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯³³ hou̯³³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: o̿-ha̿u
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /o³³ xau³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài-hòⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ài-hònn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ae'hvox
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ai²¹⁻⁵³ hɔ̃²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hɔ̃⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ai²¹⁻⁵³ hɔ̃²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ai¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔ̃¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ai²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔ̃²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵e-hau
    • MiniDict: e^去 hau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²e-hau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /e³³ hɔ⁴⁴/

Verb

愛好

1. to like; to be fond of; to be keen on

Synonyms

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• 喜好 (xǐhào)
• 喜愛 / 喜爱 (xǐ'ài)
• 喜歡 / 喜欢
• 嗜好 (shìhào)
• 心愛 / 心爱 (xīn'ài)
• 欣賞 / 欣赏 (xīnshǎng)
• 歡喜 / 欢喜 (huānxǐ) (literary or regional)
• 熱愛 / 热爱 (rè'ài)
• 熱衷 / 热衷 (rèzhōng)
• 稀罕 (colloquial, usually in the negative)
• 酷好 (kùhào)
• 酷愛 / 酷爱 (kù'ài)

Dialectal synonyms of 喜歡 (“to like”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		好, 喜好, 愛好, 字
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		喜歡, 喜愛, 喜好, 愛好
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	喜歡, 好希, 稀罕, 愛
	Taiwan	喜歡, 愛
	Malaysia	喜歡
	Singapore	喜歡
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	喜歡
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	喜歡, 愛
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	喜歡, 歡喜, 愛
	Chongqing	喜歡, 歡喜
	Wuhan	喜歡, 愛
	Guilin	喜歡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	歡喜
	Hefei	喜歡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	中意, 歡喜
	Hong Kong	中意, 好
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	中意
	Macau	中意
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	中意
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	中意
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	中意
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	中意
	Foshan	中意
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	中意
	Foshan (Shunde)	中意
	Foshan (Sanshui)	中意
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	中意
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	歡喜, 中意
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	中意
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	中意
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	中意
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	中意
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	中意
	Taishan	中意
	Kaiping (Chikan)	爽心, 中意
	Enping (Niujiang)	中意
	Heshan (Yayao)	中意
	Dongguan	中意
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	中意
	Yangjiang	中意, 歡喜
	Beihai	中意
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	中意
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	中意, 喜歡
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	中意
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	中意
	Singapore (Guangfu)	中意
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	中意
	Móng Cái	中意
Gan	Nanchang	歡喜
Hakka	Meixian	中意, 好
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	中意
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	中意
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	中意
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	中意
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	歡喜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	中意, 好
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	中意, 好
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	中意, 好
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	中意, 合意, 好
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	中意, 好
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	佮意, 愛
	Senai (Huiyang)	中意
	Kuching (Hepo)	蘇格
Huizhou	Jixi	喜歡, 歡喜
Jin	Taiyuan	喜歡, 待見
Northern Min	Jian'ou	愛, 喜歡
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	歡喜, 中意, 愛
Southern Min	Xiamen	歡喜, 意愛, 愛, 佮意, 舒合
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	佮意
	Quanzhou	歡喜, 意愛, 愛, 佮意
	Shishi	佮意
	Zhangzhou	歡喜, 愛, 佮意, 意愛
	Tainan	佮意, 意愛, 愛
	Penang (Hokkien)	舒合, 愛
	Singapore (Hokkien)	舒合, 愛
	Manila (Hokkien)	愛, 佮意, 意愛
	Chaozhou	歡喜, 愛, 喜歡
	Shantou	歡喜
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	好, 尚, 喜歡
	Jieyang	歡喜, 愛, 好, 尚, 喜歡
	Puning	愛, 癮2, 尚, 喜歡
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	喜歡
	Singapore (Teochew)	舒合
	Wenchang	歡喜
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	中意
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	字
Wu	Shanghai	歡喜
	Suzhou	歡喜
	Ningbo	歡喜, 看相, 中意 dated
	Wenzhou	喜歡
Xiang	Changsha	喜歡
	Shuangfeng	喜歡

Antonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 討厭 (“to dislike; to loathe; to hate”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		討厭, 厭惡, 憎惡
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	討厭, 不待見
	Taiwan	討厭
	Singapore	討厭
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	討厭, 惡素
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	格癢
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	討厭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	討厭, 見不得, 嫌
	Wuhan	嫌, 討厭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	嫌, 惡嫌, 討厭
	Hefei	討厭, 格厭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	憎
	Hong Kong	憎
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	厭
	Macau	憎
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	憎
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	憎
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	憎
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	憎
	Foshan	憎
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	憎
	Foshan (Shunde)	憎
	Foshan (Sanshui)	憎
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	憎
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	憎
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	憎
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	憎
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	憎
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	憎
	Taishan	憎, 煩
	Kaiping (Chikan)	憎, 煩
	Enping (Niujiang)	憎
	Heshan (Yayao)	憎
	Dongguan	憎
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	憎
	Yangjiang	嬲
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	嬲, 憎
Gan	Nanchang	討厭, 討嫌, 嫌
Hakka	Meixian	惱
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	討厭, 嬲
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	嬲
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	憎
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	惱
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	惱
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	惱
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	惱
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	惱
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	慼
Jin	Taiyuan	討厭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	討厭, 怒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	嫌, 顣, 怒
Southern Min	Xiamen	猌, 㤉, 沖, 沖神, 沖𡳞, 猌神, 㤉𡳞 vulgar, 㤉潲 vulgar, 猌𡳞 vulgar, 鑿𡳞 vulgar, 揬𡳞 vulgar
	Quanzhou	㤉, 㤉神, 㤉𡳞 vulgar, 㤉潲 vulgar, 揬𡳞 vulgar
	Jinjiang	㤉, 㤉神, 㤉潲 vulgar
	Zhangzhou	猌, 㤉, 猌神, 慼, 㤉𡳞 vulgar, 㤉潲 vulgar, 鑿𡳞 vulgar, 揬𡳞 vulgar
	Tainan	慼 GT, 噞 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	滷
	Klang (Hokkien)	揬𡳞 vulgar, 無舒合
	Singapore (Hokkien)	滷, 揬𡳞 vulgar
	Manila (Hokkien)	㤉, 㤉神, 㤉潲 vulgar, 㤉𡳞 vulgar
	Chaozhou	滷
	Jieyang	滷
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	憎
Wu	Suzhou	討厭, 注
	Ningbo	刻忖, 嫌鄙, 討厭, 難看, 難相
	Wenzhou	討厭, 惡
Xiang	Changsha	討嫌, 厭眼
	Shuangfeng	討嫌
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Noun

愛好

1. interest; hobby
   • 2023, 上海白領每月開銷要多少？‎^[1], 好叫好伐:

     噶末其他個還有啥愛好啊，或者是用鈔票比較大個地方啊？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
     噶末其他个还有啥爱好啊，或者是用钞票比较大个地方啊？ [Shanghainese, simp.]

     ⁷keq-meq ⁶ji-tha-gheq ⁶ghe ⁶yeu ⁵sa ⁵e-hau-a ⁸ghoq-tse ⁶zy ⁶yon ⁵tshau-phiau ⁵pi-ciau ⁶du ⁰gheq ⁶di-faon-a [Wugniu]

     So is there any other situation or hobby where you would spend a lot of money?

Synonyms

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• 偏嗜 (piānshì)
• 口味 (kǒuwèi) (figurative)
• 喜好 (xǐhào)
• 嗜好 (shìhào)
• 癖好 (pǐhào)
• 胃口 (wèikǒu) (figurative)
• 興趣 / 兴趣 (xìngqù)

Derived terms

• 愛好家 / 爱好家 (àihàojiā)
• 愛好者 / 爱好者 (àihàozhě)
• 業餘愛好 / 业余爱好 (yèyú àihào)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
愛	好
あい Grade: 4	こう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あいこー [àíkóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠iko̞ː]

Noun

愛(あい)好(こう) • (aikō) 

1. love; adoration
2. -philia

   小(しょう)児(に)愛(あい)好(こう)

   shōniaikō

   pedophilia

Antonyms

• 厭(えん)悪(お) (en'o, “hatred”)
• 嫌(けん)悪(お) (ken'o, “hatred”)
• 嫌(けん)厭(えん) (ken'en, “hatred”)

Verb

愛(あい)好(こう)する • (aikō suru) transitive suru (stem 愛(あい)好(こう)し (aikō shi), past 愛(あい)好(こう)した (aikō shita))

1. love

Conjugation

Conjugation of "愛好する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	愛好し	あいこうし	aikō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	愛好し	あいこうし	aikō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	愛好する	あいこうする	aikō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	愛好する	あいこうする	aikō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	愛好すれ	あいこうすれ	aikō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	愛好せよ¹ 愛好しろ²	あいこうせよ¹ あいこうしろ²	aikō seyo¹ aikō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	愛好される	あいこうされる	aikō sareru
Causative	愛好させる 愛好さす	あいこうさせる あいこうさす	aikō saseru aikō sasu
Potential	愛好できる	あいこうできる	aikō dekiru
Volitional	愛好しよう	あいこうしよう	aikō shiyō
Negative	愛好しない	あいこうしない	aikō shinai
Negative continuative	愛好せず	あいこうせず	aikō sezu
Formal	愛好します	あいこうします	aikō shimasu
Perfective	愛好した	あいこうした	aikō shita
Conjunctive	愛好して	あいこうして	aikō shite
Hypothetical conditional	愛好すれば	あいこうすれば	aikō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

• “愛好”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
愛	好

Noun

愛好 • (aeho) (hangeul 애호)

1. hanja form^? of 애호 (“love, liking”)