感兴趣

感興趣
gǎnxìngqù
verb HSK 4 #18,314

Meanings

  1. 1 to be interested in
  2. 2 to find something interesting

Characters

Literally 'to feel interest'. The verb-object structure means you can insert to negate: 感兴趣不感兴趣.

Examples

Wǒ duì Zhōngguó lìshǐ hěn gǎn xìngqù.
I'm very interested in Chinese history.
Nǐ duì shénme gǎn xìngqù?
What are you interested in?
Tā duì yīnyuè bù tài gǎn xìngqù.
She's not very interested in music.

Tips

grammar
The pattern is ...感兴趣. The topic of interest follows .
usage
Don't confuse with 有兴趣, which also means 'to be interested' but uses a different structure: ...有兴趣.

Stroke Order

gǎn
xīng