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

他对画画很有兴致。

Tā duì huàhuà hěn yǒu xìngzhì.

He has great interest in painting.

大家兴致勃勃地讨论起来。

Dàjiā xìngzhìbóbó 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