Chinese symbol for “hobby”
嗜好
shì hào
hobby; indulgence; habit; addiction
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hobby is 嗜好 (shì hào), defined as: hobby; indulgence; habit; addiction.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “hobby”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 娱乐 (娛樂) | yú lè | to entertain; to amuse |
| 兴趣 (興趣) | xìng qù | interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby |
| 癖 | pǐ | habit; hobby |
| 爱好 (愛好) | ài hào | to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on; interest; hobby |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 嗜好.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嗜血 | shì xuè | bloodthirsty; bloodsucking |
| 嗜酒如命 | shì jiǔ rú mìng | to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle |
| 嗜欲 (嗜慾) | shì yù | lust |
| 嗜杀成性 (嗜殺成性) | shì shā chéng xìng | bloodthirsty |
| 嗜杀 (嗜殺) | shì shā | to delight in killing; bloodthirsty |
| 最好 | zuì hǎo | best; had better ...; it would be best to ... |
| 好像 | hǎo xiàng | as if; to seem like |
| 不好 | bù hǎo | no good |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hobby”.
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.