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嗜好

shìhào

hobby; indulgence; habit

A person fishes by a lake under a green willow
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Characters in this word

嗜 shì

Strokes
13
Radical
口 — mouth
Made of
口 mouth 耆 man of sixty
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 嗜

好 hǎo

Strokes
6
Radical
女 — woman, girl
Made of
女 woman, girl 子 son, child
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 把个人嗜好发展成事业,需要热情,也需要长期的市场判断。 Bǎ gèrén shìhào fāzhǎn chéng shìyè, xūyào rèqíng, yě xūyào chángqī de shìchǎng pànduàn. Turning a personal hobby into a career requires passion as well as long-term market judgement.
  • 他最大的嗜好是钓鱼,每周都去湖边。 Tā zuìdà de shìhào shì diàoyú, měi zhōu dōu qù húbiān. His greatest passion is fishing; he goes to the lake every week.
  • 我一直保持着喝茶这个嗜好,觉得它让人放松。 Wǒ yīzhí bǎochízhe hē chá zhège shìhào, juéde tā ràng rén fàngsōng. I have kept up my habit of drinking tea; I find it relaxing.

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