好奇心
hào qí xīn
Pinyin

Definition

好奇心
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hào qí xīn
  1. interest in sth
  2. curiosity
  3. inquisitive

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
好好
hǎo hǎo
  1. 1 well
  2. 2 carefully
  3. 3 nicely
  4. 4 properly
好看
hǎo kàn
  1. 1 good-looking
  2. 2 nice-looking
  3. 3 good (of a movie, book, TV show etc)
  4. 4 embarrassed
  5. 5 humiliated
心
xīn
  1. 1 heart
  2. 2 mind
  3. 3 intention
  4. 4 center
  5. 5 core
  6. 6 CL:顆|颗[kē],個|个[gè]
心情
xīn qíng
  1. 1 mood
  2. 2 frame of mind
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
开心
kāi xīn
  1. 1 to feel happy
  2. 2 to rejoice
  3. 3 to have a great time
  4. 4 to make fun of sb
一心
yī xīn
  1. 1 wholeheartedly
  2. 2 heart and soul
中心
zhōng xīn
  1. 1 center
  2. 2 heart
  3. 3 core
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
人心
rén xīn
  1. 1 popular feeling
  2. 2 the will of the people
你好
nǐ hǎo
  1. 1 hello
  2. 2 hi
信心
xìn xīn
  1. 1 confidence
  2. 2 faith (in sb or sth)
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
传奇
chuán qí
  1. 1 legendary
  2. 2 fantasy saga
  3. 3 romance
  4. 4 short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty
伤心
shāng xīn
  1. 1 to grieve
  2. 2 to be broken-hearted
  3. 3 to feel deeply hurt
内心
nèi xīn
  1. 1 heart
  2. 2 innermost being
  3. 3 (math.) incenter
刻骨铭心
kè gǔ míng xīn
  1. 1 lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. etched in one's memory
  3. 3 unforgettable
刚好
gāng hǎo
  1. 1 just
  2. 2 exactly
  3. 3 to happen to be
动心
dòng xīn
  1. 1 to be moved
  2. 2 to be tempted
友好
Yǒu hǎo
  1. 1 Youhao district of Yichun city 伊春市[Yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang
只好
zhǐ hǎo
  1. 1 without any better option
  2. 2 to have to
  3. 3 to be forced to
喜好
xǐ hào
  1. 1 to like
  2. 2 fond of
  3. 3 to prefer
  4. 4 to love
  5. 5 one's tastes
  6. 6 preference

Idioms (20)

一心一德
yī xīn yī dé
  1. 1 of one heart and one mind (idiom)
一心二用
yī xīn èr yòng
  1. 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
  2. 2 to multitask
  3. 3 to divide one's attention
一门心思
yī mén xīn si
  1. 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
三心二意
sān xīn èr yì
  1. 1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
  2. 2 half-hearted
  3. 3 shilly-shallying
不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
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)
世上无难事，只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome
人心不古
rén xīn bù gǔ
  1. 1 the men of today are sadly degenerated (idiom)
人心不足蛇吞象
rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
  1. 1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
人心隔肚皮
rén xīn gé dù pí
  1. 1 there is no knowing what is in a man's heart (idiom)
人心难测
rén xīn nán cè
  1. 1 hard to fathom a person's mind (idiom)
人面兽心
rén miàn shòu xīn
  1. 1 human face, beast's heart (idiom); two-faced
  2. 2 malicious and duplicitous
仁心仁术
rén xīn rén shù
  1. 1 benevolent heart and skillful execution (idiom, from Mencius); charitable in thought and deed
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
低首下心
dī shǒu xià xīn
  1. 1 to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
佛口蛇心
fó kǒu shé xīn
  1. 1 words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced
  2. 2 malicious and duplicitous
促膝谈心
cù xī tán xīn
  1. 1 to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk (idiom)

Sample Sentences

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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女人的好奇心让小尤慢慢地靠近了李探长的办公桌。
nǚrén de hàoqíxīn ràng Xiǎo Yóu mànmàn de kàojìn le Lǐ tànzhǎng de bàngōngzhuō 。
Xiao You's curiosity brought her slowly to Detective Li's desk.
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外国学生，特别是西方学生就不一样了。给我印象最深的是他们对于学习的热情。好奇心特别强，问的最多的就是“为什么？”和“为什么不能这样？”。
wàiguó xuésheng ，tèbié shì xīfāng xuésheng jiù bùyīyàng le 。gěi wǒ yìnxiàng zuìshēn de shì tāmen duìyú xuéxí de rèqíng 。hàoqíxīn tèbié qiáng ，wèn de zuìduō jiùshì “wèishénme ？”hé “wèishénme bùnéng zhèyàng ？”。
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