雅兴

雅興
yǎxìng
noun #32,063

Meanings

  1. 1 refined and elegant mood
  2. 2 aesthetic interest
  3. 3 cultivated taste for an activity

Examples

Nín jīntiān yǒu yǎxìng qù shǎnghuā?
Are you in the mood for flower-viewing today?
Tā duì gǔwán pō yǒu yǎxìng.
He has quite a refined interest in antiques.

Tips

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雅兴 is a polite, slightly literary expression — used to compliment someone's cultivated mood for refined activities (calligraphy, tea, poetry, garden visits). The pattern 雅兴 (yǒu yǎxìng, 'be in a refined mood') and 雅兴 (yǎxìng dà fā, 'one's refined enthusiasm bursts forth') are fixed. Don't apply it to mundane interests.
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= elegant/refined (also in 雅致 yǎzhì, 优雅 yōuyǎ); here is xìng (4th tone) = 'mood/interest', not xīng (1st tone) 'to rise'. Compare with 兴趣 (xìngqù, plain 'interest') which is everyday and value-neutral.

Stroke Order

xīng