好奇
HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 5
好奇 (hàoqí) · curious
好奇 (hàoqí) means “curious”. It is written with 2 characters: 好 (good) + 奇 (strange). It is an HSK 3 word in the 2021 standard.
How 好奇 is built
The characters
好 hǎo · good
What 好 is made of
- 女nǚ — woman
- 子zǐ — child
- 了liǎo / le — finish
- 乛 — bent stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 了liǎo / le — finish
Origin hint: A woman 女 with a son 子 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
奇 qí · strange
What 奇 is made of
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
- 可kě — may
- 丁dīng — male adult
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: A person 大 riding a horse 可 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
孩子们对什么都很好奇。Háizimen duì shénme dōu hěn hàoqí.Children are curious about everything.
你不好奇他是谁吗？Nǐ bù hàoqí tā shì shéi ma?Aren't you curious who he is?
Questions about 好奇
What does 好奇 mean?
好奇 (hàoqí) means “curious”.
How do you pronounce 好奇?
好奇 is pronounced hàoqí.
Which HSK level is 好奇?
好奇 is in HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 爱好àihàohobby
- 好吃hǎochīdelicious
- 好看hǎokàngood-looking
- 好听hǎotīngpleasant to hear
- 好玩儿hǎowánrfun
- 最好zuìhǎobest
- 不好意思bùhǎoyìsisorry
- 好处hǎochubenefit
- 好多hǎoduōa lot of
- 好久hǎojiǔa long time
Learn 好奇 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 89: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.