好奇心 - interest in sth, curiosity, inquisitive - hào qí xīn | Definition | ChinesePod.com

好奇心

hào qí xīn

Pinyin

Definition

好奇心

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hào qí xīn

interest in sth
curiosity
inquisitive

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

hǎo

1 good
2 well
3 proper
4 good to
5 easy to
6 very
7 so
8 (suffix indicating completion or readiness)
9 (of two people) close
10 on intimate terms
11 (after a personal pronoun) hello

hǎo hǎo

1 well
2 carefully
3 nicely
4 properly

hǎo kàn

1 good-looking
2 nice-looking
3 good (of a movie, book, TV show etc)
4 embarrassed
5 humiliated

xīn

1 heart
2 mind
3 intention
4 center
5 core
6 classifier: 颗 kē
7 classifier: 个 gè

xīn qíng

1 mood
2 frame of mind
3 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一心一德

yī xīn yī dé

1 of one heart and one mind (idiom)

一心二用

yī xīn èr yòng

1 to do two things at once (idiom)
2 to multitask
3 to divide one's attention

一门心思

yī mén xīn si

1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)

三心二意

sān xīn èr yì

1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
2 half-hearted
3 shilly-shallying

不到黄河心不死

bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ

1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
3 to keep going while some hope is left

Sample Sentences

要我说啊，这样搞就是为了吸引眼球，利用民众对性的好奇心来进行商业炒作。

yào wǒ shuō ā ，zhèyàng jiùshì wèile xīyǐn yǎnqiú ，lìyòng mínzhòng duì xìng de hàoqíxīn lái jìnxíng shāngyè chǎozuò 。

If you ask me, it's all just to attract attention, taking advantage of the public's curiosity about sex to make money.

女人的好奇心让小尤慢慢地靠近了李探长的办公桌。

nǚrén de hàoqíxīn ràng Xiǎo Yóu mànmàn de kàojìn le Lǐ tànzhǎng de bàngōngzhuō 。

Xiao You's curiosity brought her slowly to Detective Li's desk.

外国学生，特别是西方学生就不一样了。给我印象最深的是他们对于学习的热情。好奇心特别强，问的最多的就是“为什么？”和“为什么不能这样？”。

wàiguó xuésheng ，tèbié shì xīfāng xuésheng jiù bùyīyàng le 。gěi wǒ yìnxiàng zuìshēn de shì tāmen duìyú xuéxí de rèqíng 。hàoqíxīn tèbié qiáng ，wèn de zuìduō jiùshì “wèishénme ？”hé “wèishénme bùnéng zhèyàng ？”。