兴致

興致

xìngzhì

noun HSK 7-9 #11,262

Meanings

1 interest
2 enthusiasm
3 mood (for doing something)

Characters

interest; excitement

to cause; fine; delicate

Examples

HSK 2

他对画画很有兴致。

Tā duì huàhuà hěn yǒu xìngzhì.

He has great interest in painting.

HSK 7-9

大家兴致勃勃地讨论起来。

Dàjiā xìngzhì-bóbó de tǎolùn qǐlái.

Everyone enthusiastically started discussing.

Tips

usage

兴致 is often used in set phrases: 兴致勃勃 (full of enthusiasm), 有兴致 (to be in the mood), 没兴致 (not in the mood). It's more literary than 兴趣.

Stroke Order

兴 xīng

致 zhì