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趣味 qùwèi

趣味 qùwèi Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 6 English Translations of the word 趣味 qùwèi .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qùwèi | qu4 wei4
English translation
fun
interest
delight
taste
liking
preference

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Traditional form

趣味 qùwèi

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 趣味 qùwèi

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Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. zǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

zǒu

Positional decomposition

走取

Number of Strokes

15
wèi

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and wèi represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

wèi

Semantic compound

kǒu

Positional decomposition

口未

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 趣味 qùwèi

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dòu zhè běn 小说 xiǎoshuō de 时候 shíhou tiào Guò le zhè 几段毫无 háowú 趣味 qùwèi de 描写 miáoxiě .

When I read the novel I skipped these dry passages of description.

一块 yī kuài 趣味盎然 de 桌布 zhuō bù jiù Néng 使 shǐ 一张廉价 lián jià 桌子 zhuōzi 面目一新 miàn mù yī xīn

A cheap table can be transformed by an interesting cover.

汽船 qì chuán Xiàng men 嘟嘟鸣笛 míng dí shí 甲板 jiǎ bǎn shǎng de 水手 shuǐ shǒu men 饶有趣味地挥着手 zhuóshǒu

Steamers tooted at us as sailors on deck waved in amusement.

失业 shīyè 统计数据 tǒng jì shù jù 读来大会 dà huì yǒu 趣味 qùwèi

Statistics on unemployment levels hardly make for scintillating reading.

打情骂俏 dǎ qíng mà qiào 无伤大雅 wú shāng dà yǎ 还别 yǒu 一番趣味 qùwèi

Flirting is good clean fun.

趣味 qùwèi Decomposition

See the 7 Chinese characters that make up 趣味 qùwèi and their own compounds.

趣味 qùwèi Compounds

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