趣味

Chinese

		interesting; to interest	taste
trad. (趣味)		趣	味
simp. #(趣味)		趣	味

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qùwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˋ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ceoi³ mei⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): tui¹ mei⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhi-mi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhù-bī / chhì-bī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qùwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˋ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyùwèi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü⁴-wei⁴
    • Yale: chyù-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuhwey
    • Palladius: цюйвэй (cjujvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi³ mei⁶
    • Yale: cheui meih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey³ mei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu³ méi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯³³ mei̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: tui¹ mei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰui³³ ᵐbei³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhi-mi
    • Hakka Romanization System: qi mi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qi⁴ mi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi⁵⁵ mi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhù-bī
    • Tâi-lô: tshù-bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuo'bi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ bi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu¹¹⁻⁵³ bi³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁴¹ bi³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-bī
    • Tâi-lô: tshì-bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chie'bi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ bi²²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 趣味

1. interest; delight
2. (obsolete) taste; liking; preference

Synonyms

• (interest): 樂趣／乐趣 (lèqù), 享受 (xiǎngshòu), 興趣／兴趣 (xìngqù), 意思 (yìsi)

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 趣味

1. (Southern Min) interesting

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 咧斗 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 扎勁 (⁷tsaq-cin) (Shanghainese)
• 有味 (yǒuwèi)
• 有局 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 有意思 (yǒuyìsi)
• 有趣 (yǒuqù)
• 生趣 (Hakka)
• 逗 (dòu)

 

See also

• 趣事 (qùshì)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
趣	味
しゅ Grade: S	み Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

趣(しゅ)味(み) • (shumi) 

1. a hobby (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

   私(わたし)の趣味(しゅみ)は盆栽(ぼんさい)です。

   Watashi no shumi wa bonsai desu.

   My hobby is bonsai.

   • 2013 April 7 [2012 December 9], ONE with Murata, Yusuke, “１[撃](げき)[目](め)　一[撃](げき) [1st Hit: One Hit]”, in (deprecated template usage) [ONEPUNCH-MAN](【ワンパンマン】) [ONE-PUNCH MAN], 6th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, pages 17–19:

     何(なに)者(もの)だお前(まえ)は

     Nanimono da omae wa

     Who the hell are you?

     趣(しゅ)味(み)でヒーローをやっている者(もの)だ

     Shumi de hīrō o yatteiru mono da

     Just a guy who does hero stuff as a hobby

     なんだその適(てき)当(とう)な設(せっ)定(てい)は…

     Nan da sono tekitō na settei wa…

     What a half-ass setup…

2. one's taste (set of preferences)

   赤(あか)いセーターは私(わたし)の趣味(しゅみ)ではない。

   Akai sētā wa watashi no shumi de wa nai.

   Red sweaters are not my taste.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
趣	味

Noun

趣味 • (chwimi) (hangeul 취미)

1. Hanja form^? of 취미 (“hobby”).

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Okinawan

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 趣味 (shumi).

Noun

趣味 (hiragana すみ, romaji sumi)

1. hobby
2. taste, preference