Chinese symbol for “amateur”
爱好者
ài hào zhě
Traditional: 愛好者
lover (of art, sports etc); amateur; enthusiast; fan
The closest CC-CEDICT match for amateur is 爱好者 (ài hào zhě), defined as: lover (of art, sports etc); amateur; enthusiast; fan.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “amateur”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 素人 | sù rén | untrained, inexperienced person; layman; amateur; ordinary person; non-celebrity |
| 业余 (業餘) | yè yú | in one's spare time; outside working hours |
| 老外 | lǎo wài | (coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person); layman |
| 外行 | wài háng | layman; amateur |
| 业余者 (業餘者) | yè yú zhě | amateur |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 爱好者.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爱情 (愛情) | ài qíng | romance; love (romantic); measure word: 份 (fèn) |
| 可爱 (可愛) | kě ài | adorable; cute |
| 爱国 (愛國) | ài guó | to love one's country; patriotic |
| 喜爱 (喜愛) | xǐ ài | to like; to love |
| 亲爱 (親愛) | qīn ài | dear; beloved |
| 热爱 (熱愛) | rè ài | to love ardently; to adore |
| 最好 | zuì hǎo | best; had better ...; it would be best to ... |
| 好像 | hǎo xiàng | as if; to seem like |
| 记者 (記者) | jì zhě | reporter; journalist; 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “amateur”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.