# 興趣
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xìngqù
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hing$^3$ ceoi$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): him-chhi
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hèng-chhù / hèng-chhì
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hêng$^3$ cu$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$shin-chiu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xìngqù
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sìngcyù
*** Wade–Giles: hsing$^4$-chʻü$^4$
*** Yale: syìng-chyù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqchiuh
*** Palladius: синцюй (sincjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hing$^3$ ceoi$^3$
*** Yale: hing cheui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hing$^3$ tsoey$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hing$^3$ cêu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɪŋ³³ t͡sʰɵy̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: him-chhi
*** Hakka Romanization System: him qi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: him$^4$ qi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /him⁵⁵ t͡sʰi⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Kinmen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hèng-chhù
*** Tâi-lô: hìng-tshù
*** Phofsit Daibuun: heangzhux
*** IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰu¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰu²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰu⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰu²¹/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /hiɪŋ¹²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰu¹²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hèng-chhì
*** Tâi-lô: hìng-tshì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: heangchix
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰi²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hêng$^3$ cu$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hèng tshù
*** Sinological IPA : /heŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰu²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$shin-chiu
*** MiniDict: shin$^去$ chiu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$xin-qy
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin³³ t͡ɕʰy⁴⁴/

### Noun

興趣
* (countable, uncountable) interest (feeling of curiosity about something)
    濃厚的興趣／浓厚的兴趣 ― nónghòu de xìngqù ― great interest
       yòufā xuéshēng xiězuò xìngqù de fāngfǎ [Pinyin]
       methods of arousing students' interest in writing
       Wǒ shì duì zhèxiē méishénme xìngqù. [Pinyin]
       I have no interest in any of these.
* (countable) interest (activity or subject one enjoys)

#### Synonyms

* (interest: feeling of curiosity):
* 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)
* 興味 / 兴味 (xìngwèi)
* 興會 / 兴会 (xìnghuì) (literary)
* 興致 / 兴致 (xìngzhì)
* 趣味 (qùwèi)
* (interest: activity or subject):
* 偏嗜 (piānshì)
* 口味 (kǒuwèi) (figurative)
* 喜好 (xǐhào)
* 嗜好 (shìhào)
* 愛好 / 爱好 (àihào)
* 癖好 (pǐhào)
* 胃口 (wèikǒu) (figurative)

#### Derived terms

* 感興趣 / 感兴趣 (gǎn xìngqù)
* 有興趣 / 有兴趣 (yǒuxìngqù)
* 特殊興趣 / 特殊兴趣 (tèshū xìngqù)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 興(きょう)趣(しゅ) (kyōshu)
* → Korean: 흥취(興趣) (heungchwi)
* → Vietnamese: hứng thú (興趣)

#### See also

* 有意思 (yǒuyìsi)
* 有趣 (yǒuqù)
* 趣事 (qùshì)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 興 | 趣 |
| きょう Grade: 5 | しゅ Grade: S |
| kan'on ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) きょーしゅ [kyóꜜòshù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [kʲo̞ːɕɨ]

### Noun

興(きょう)趣(しゅ) • (kyōshu)
* charm, appeal, the quality of being interesting
* interest (attention given to someone or something)
    Synonyms: 興味 (kyōmi), 興 (kyō)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 興 | 趣 |

### Noun

興趣
* chữ Hán form of hứng thú (“interest”).

### Adjective

興趣
* chữ Hán form of hứng thú (“interested”).