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HSK
to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on / interest; hobby / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
flavor; taste / (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...) / (fig.) interest; delight / (dialect) smell; odor
HSK 2
idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL: 個|个 / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
HSK 2
to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media) / concern; interest; attention
HSK 3
interest (desire to know about sth) / interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
benefit / (in sb's) interest / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
interest (on a loan) / CL: 筆|笔
HSK 4
to become cooler / to lower the temperature / cooling / (of interest, activity etc) to decline
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *利* | 利* | *利
sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit
HSK 6
hot spot / point of special interest
HSK 6
mother and child / parent and subsidiary (companies) / principal and interest
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *码* | 码* | *码
(archaic) agate / (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale / number / (computing) code / (clothing) size / yard (unit of length) / (coll.) kilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references) / (coll.) to pile up; to stack / classifier for matters, items, situations etc (esp. when indicating whether they are the same or different, as in 不是一碼事|不是一码事 "not the same thing") / (Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate)
HSK 7-9
places of historic interest / historical sites / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
public good; public welfare; public interest
HSK 7-9
implicit charm in rhyme or sound / hinted appeal / interest
HSK 7-9
dense / thick (fog, clouds etc) / to have a strong interest in / deep / fully saturated (color)
HSK 7-9
to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
HSK 7-9
with keen interest (idiom) / with great pleasure / with gusto / eagerly
HSK 7-9
mood / spirits / interest
HSK 7-9
interest rate
HSK 7-9
fun; interest; delight / taste; liking; preference
HSK 7-9
interest in sth / curiosity / inquisitive
HSK 7-9
boring / of no interest
HSK 7-9
to have no strength / to feel weak / exhausted / feeling listless / boring / of no interest
HSK 7-9
to reveal (indirectly, implicitly) / to show (interest, contempt etc) by means of one's actions, tone of voice etc
HSK 7-9
for sb / for others' interest
to lose all interest in life (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *兴* | 兴* | *兴
feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement
mother and son / interest and capital / combination of a large object and a smaller one of the same type
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *趣* | 趣* | *趣
interesting / to interest
interest / taste
inclination / interest
to travel on private business / to act without official approval / to inspect incognito / to act in one's own interest
interest-free
holy land (of a religion) / sacred place / shrine / holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc) / center of historic interest
chicken ribs / sth of little value or interest / sth of dubious worth that one is reluctant to give up / to be physically weak
to be of no interest to anyone (idiom)
to boost support or interest / to campaign / to promote
(literary) (lit.) to fix one's gaze on; (fig.) to show interest in; (favorable) attention; favor
principal and interest (on a loan)
compound interest
to lower interest rates
full of (interest, humor, sentiment etc)
not to hear, not to question (idiom) / to show no interest in sth / uncritical / not in the least concerned
inclinations and interests / delight / fun / interest / appeal
personal gain; (one's own) selfish interest
interest in wine / passion for drinking
to leak electricity / (fig.) (coll.) to unintentionally arouse romantic interest (by being solicitous etc) / cf. 放電|放电
low-interest
flavorsome / (fig.) delightful / full of interest
to discount the interest on a bill of exchange
to show an interest in / to get involved with
lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom) / fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling
Korean Wave, aka Hallyu (the increase in international interest in South Korea and its popular culture since the 1990s)
self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication / to serve the public interest wholeheartedly
cause / reason / interest / influence
to yield interest, profit etc / to exhale (Buddhism)
"honker", Chinese hacker motivated by patriotism, using one's skills to protect domestic networks and work in national interest
vested interest
(physics) attraction (gravitational, magnetic, electrostatic etc) / suction / (fig.) attraction (power to attract interest or liking)
annual interest
high-interest loan; usury
to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects); to sacrifice one's own interest for other people / altruism
(of a married person) interest in a third person / (old) (of a minister etc) disloyal disposition / (math.) circumcenter (of a polygon)
to lend money (for interest); to give credit
energetic; exciting; of interest
high interest / huge profit / to value money highly
keen interest / concentrated attention
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *贷* | 贷* | *贷
to lend on interest / to borrow / a loan / leniency / to make excuses / to pardon / to forgive
monthly interest
to lower the interest rate
interest / enthusiasm
fight self-interest and repudiate revisionism (Cultural Revolution slogan)
interest (on a loan etc)
monthly interest
to be of vital interest
usury / high interest loan (in former times)
interest in dallying / in the mood for playing
to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom); personal profit at public expense / venal and selfish behavior
daily interest on a loan
to add interest (to a story) / to sex up
(neologism) (slang) to spark interest in a product or idea (esp. on social media)
high interest rate / usurious
(slang) to kabedon; to corner (sb in whom one has a romantic interest) against a wall (loanword from Japanese ドン "kabedon")
conflict of interest
to have lost interest; to have had enough
(finance) to raise interest rates
interest rate
principal and interest / capital and profit
(of food or medicine) to impair digestion; to suppress appetite / (fig.) (of some objectionable aspect of sth) to cause one to lose interest; to put one off
interest (from an investment, esp. an endowment)
place of cultural interest
common interest / mutual benefit
stake / vital interest / concern
boring / of no interest
to have no interest in sth
Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historical Interest Area, Sichuan
interest rate
interest coupon / dividend coupon
(of an actor) to disengage from the performance (e.g. after the show ends) / (of an audience) to lose interest in the performance

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