(yǒu qù) - interesting, fun, amusing in Mandarin
yǒuqùTraditional: 有趣
Translation
interesting, fun, amusing
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Word origin
A compound of 有 (yǒu, 'to have') and 趣 (qù, 'interest, fun'), meaning 'interesting'. 趣 is a phono-semantic compound of 走 (zǒu, 'to walk') for the sense with 取 (qǔ) as the phonetic.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 有 (yǒu, 'to have') + 趣 (qù, 'interest'; 走 walk + 取 qǔ phonetic)
Stroke order
有
趣
Examples
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This book is very interesting.
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He is a very interesting person.
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I find this game very fun.
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This novel is very interesting.
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He told an amusing story.
有趣 (yǒu qù) means interesting, fun, or amusing. 有 means to have and 趣 means interest or delight, so the literal sense is to have appeal. It describes people, topics, stories, activities, or objects that hold one's attention or provoke curiosity. The antonym is 无聊 (wú liáo, boring). 有趣 is a descriptive adjective (有趣的事情, an interesting thing) and can be used predicatively (这很有趣, this is very interesting).
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 8, lesson 7: 有趣, 更好, 曾 and 7 more words.