好奇
hào qí
Pinyin

Definition

好奇
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hào qí
  1. inquisitive
  2. curious
  3. inquisitiveness
  4. curiosity

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

好
hǎo
  1. 1 good
  2. 2 well
  3. 3 proper
  4. 4 good to
  5. 5 easy to
  6. 6 very
  7. 7 so
  8. 8 (suffix indicating completion or readiness)
  9. 9 (of two people) close
  10. 10 on intimate terms
  11. 11 (after a personal pronoun) hello
传奇
chuán qí
  1. 1 legendary
  2. 2 fantasy saga
  3. 3 romance
  4. 4 short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty
刚好
gāng hǎo
  1. 1 just
  2. 2 exactly
  3. 3 to happen to be
只好
zhǐ hǎo
  1. 1 without any better option
  2. 2 to have to
  3. 3 to be forced to
奇兵
qí bīng
  1. 1 troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush)
奇妙
qí miào
  1. 1 fantastic
  2. 2 wonderful
奇怪
qí guài
  1. 1 strange
  2. 2 odd
  3. 3 to marvel
  4. 4 to be baffled
奇迹
qí jì
  1. 1 miracle
  2. 2 miraculous
  3. 3 wonder
  4. 4 marvel
好不容易
hǎo bù róng yì
  1. 1 with great difficulty
  2. 2 very difficult
好久
hǎo jiǔ
  1. 1 quite a while
好似
hǎo sì
  1. 1 to seem
  2. 2 to be like
好像
hǎo xiàng
  1. 1 as if
  2. 2 to seem like
好友
hǎo yǒu
  1. 1 close friend
  2. 2 pal
  3. 3 (social networking website) friend
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
好吃
hǎo chī
  1. 1 tasty
  2. 2 delicious
好多
hǎo duō
  1. 1 many
  2. 2 quite a lot
  3. 3 much better
好奇
hào qí
  1. 1 inquisitive
  2. 2 curious
  3. 3 inquisitiveness
  4. 4 curiosity
好好
hǎo hǎo
  1. 1 well
  2. 2 carefully
  3. 3 nicely
  4. 4 properly
好几
hǎo jǐ
  1. 1 several
  2. 2 quite a few
好心
hǎo xīn
  1. 1 kindness
  2. 2 good intentions
好意思
hǎo yì si
  1. 1 to have the nerve
  2. 2 what a cheek!
  3. 3 to feel no shame
  4. 4 to overcome the shame
  5. 5 (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)

Idioms (20)

不问好歹
bù wèn hǎo dǎi
  1. 1 no matter what may happen (idiom)
不知好歹
bù zhī hǎo dǎi
  1. 1 unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom)
  2. 2 not to know what's good for one
  3. 3 unable to recognize others' good intentions
不识好歹
bù shí hǎo dǎi
  1. 1 unable to tell good from bad (idiom)
  2. 2 undiscriminating
不足为奇
bù zú wéi qí
  1. 1 not at all surprising (idiom)
做好做歹
zuò hǎo zuò dǎi
  1. 1 to persuade using all possible arguments (idiom); to act good cop and bad cop in turn
公诸同好
gōng zhū tóng hào
  1. 1 to share pleasure in the company of others (idiom); shared enjoyment with fellow enthusiasts
化腐朽为神奇
huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí
  1. 1 lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)
千奇百怪
qiān qí bǎi guài
  1. 1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
吃力不讨好
chī lì bù tǎo hǎo
  1. 1 arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
各有所好
gè yǒu suǒ hào
  1. 1 everyone has their likes and dislikes (idiom)
啧啧称奇
zé zé chēng qí
  1. 1 to click one's tongue in wonder (idiom)
  2. 2 to be astonished
在家千日好，出门一时难
zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán
  1. 1 lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. there's no place like home
大树底下好乘凉
dà shù dǐ xià hǎo chéng liáng
  1. 1 lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person
奇形怪状
qí xíng guài zhuàng
  1. 1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped
奇耻大辱
qí chǐ dà rǔ
  1. 1 extraordinary shame and humiliation (idiom)
奇文共赏
qí wén gòng shǎng
  1. 1 lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning)
  2. 2 incomprehensible nonsense
  3. 3 preposterous bullshit
奇珍异宝
qí zhēn yì bǎo
  1. 1 rare treasure (idiom)
奇花异卉
qí huā yì huì
  1. 1 exotic flowers and rare herbs (idiom)
奇花异草
qí huā yì cǎo
  1. 1 very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
奇葩异卉
qí pā yì huì
  1. 1 rare and exotic flora (idiom)

Sample Sentences

比如一个曾经喜欢的大号开始明目张胆的发广告维密超模都爱用，除了口红就是它，不点开吧，挺好奇，点开吧，原来是在推销一款刷毛器。
bǐrú yī ge céngjīng xǐhuan de dàhào kāishǐ míngmùzhāngdǎn de fā guǎnggào WéiMì chāomó dōu ài yòng ，chúle kǒuhóng jiùshì tā ，bù diǎn kāi ba ，tǐng hàoqí ，diǎn kāi ba ，yuán lái shì zài tuīxiāo yī kuǎn shuā máo qì 。
For example, a once-loved large-scale startup started to advertise blatantly. "Super models love to use lipstick - besides lipstick they love to use "it," If you don't click on the link, your'e curious. Open it and It turns out to be an offer selling a clothes brush.
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这是美国乐透史上最高的奖金，大家都很好奇这位幸运儿是谁！
zhèshì Měiguó lètòu shǐshàng zuìgāo de jiǎngjīn ，dàjiā dōu hěn hàoqí zhèwèi xìngyùnér shì shéi ！
This is the highest jackpot prize in U.S. lottery history. Everyone's wondering who the lucky winner is!
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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.
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很好奇，很不可思议，这个想法。
hěn hàoqí ，hěn bùkěsīyì ，zhè ge xiǎngfǎ 。
It's a feeling of curiosity and disbelief.
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