趣味

Chinese

		interesting; to interest	taste
trad. (趣味)		趣	味
simp. ^#(趣味)		趣	味

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qùwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˋ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ceoi³ mei⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): tui¹ mei⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhi-mi

(Meixian, Guangdong): qi⁴ mi⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhù-bī / chhì-bī

(Teochew, Peng'im): cu³ bhi⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qùwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˋ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyùwèi
  - Wade–Giles: chʻü⁴-wei⁴
  - Yale: chyù-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuhwey
  - Palladius: цюйвэй (cjujvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceoi³ mei⁶
  - Yale: cheui meih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey³ mei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêu³ méi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯³³ mei̯²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: tui¹ mei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰui³³ ᵐbei³²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhi-mi
  - Hakka Romanization System: qi mi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qi⁴ mi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi⁵⁵ mi⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: qi⁴ mi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰi⁵³⁻⁵⁵ mi⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhù-bī
  - Tâi-lô: tshù-bī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuo'bi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ bi²²/
  - IPA (Penang): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻³³ bi²¹/
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁴² bi²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁴¹ bi³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu¹¹⁻⁵³ bi³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-bī
  - Tâi-lô: tshì-bī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chie'bi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ bi²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cu³ bhi⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshù bī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ bi¹¹/

Middle Chinese: tshjuH mj+jH

Rime
Character	趣	味
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	七句切	無沸切
Baxter	tshjuH	mj+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɨo^H/	/mʉi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰio^H/	/mʷɨi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰio^H/	/miuəi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰuə̆^H/	/muj^H/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰio^H/	/miuəi^H/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭu^H/	/mĭwəi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯u^H/	/mwe̯i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qù	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi³	mei⁶

Noun

趣味

interest; delight
(obsolete) taste; liking; preference

Synonyms

(interest):

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享受 (xiǎngshòu)
局 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
意味 (yìwèi)
意思
意趣 (yìqù)
樂趣 / 乐趣 (lèqù)
氣味 / 气味 (qìwèi) (figurative)
興味 / 兴味 (xìngwèi)
興會 / 兴会 (xìnghuì) (literary)
興致 / 兴致 (xìngzhì)
興趣 / 兴趣 (xìngqù)

Derived terms

低級趣味 / 低级趣味 (dījí qùwèi)
惡趣味 / 恶趣味 (èqùwèi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (趣味):

→ Japanese: 趣(しゅ)味(み) (shumi)
→ Okinawan: 趣味(すみ) (sumi)
→ Korean: 취미(趣味) (chwimi)
→ Vietnamese: thú vị (趣味)

Adjective

趣味

(Southern Min) interesting
- 2009, “阿公阿嬷的故事”, in Dancing Queen, performed by 王汶玲 [Alice Ong]:
  
  伊二個人實在真趣味 [Hokkien, trad.]
  伊二个人实在真趣味 [Hokkien, simp.]
  i jī ê lâng si̍t-chāi chin chhù-bī [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Both of them are truly quite interesting
- Late Qing/Early Republic, 《古板一世報全歌》, volume 3, 潮州 [Chaozhou]: 李萬利, page 6r:
  
  那猴又會穿衣衿　又會戴帽曉人因　真是趣味甚好看 [Teochew, trad.]
  那猴又会穿衣衿　又会戴帽晓人因　真是趣味甚好看 [Teochew, simp.]
  na² gao⁵ iu⁶ oi⁶ cêng¹ i¹ kim¹ / iu⁶ oi⁶ di³ bho⁷ hiou² nang⁵ ing¹ / zing¹ si⁶ cu³ bhi⁷ sim⁶ ho² toin² [Peng'im]
  That monkey could dress up in a jacket / And wear a hat like a human / It was most interesting and good to watch
(Penang Hokkien) cute; adorable

Synonyms

(interesting):

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咧斗 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
扎勁 (⁷tsaq-cin) (Shanghainese)
有味 (yǒuwèi)
有局 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
有意思 (yǒuyìsi)
有趣 (yǒuqù)
生趣 (Hakka)
逗 (dòu)

(cute):

Dialectal synonyms of 可愛 (“adorable; lovable; cute”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		可愛
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	可疼, 可人疼, 可愛
	Taiwan	可愛
	Singapore	可愛
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	喜歡人, 喜人
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	心疼, 得人愛
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	愛人, 逗人愛, 乖
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	逗人疼, 逗人喜歡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	討喜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	心疼人
Cantonese	Guangzhou	得人愛, 得人中意, 得意
	Hong Kong	得意
	Taishan	得意
	Yangjiang	得人愛
Gan	Nanchang	討人喜歡
Hakka	Meixian	得人惜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	得人惜, 卡哇伊
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	得人惜, 卡哇伊
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	得人惜, 卡哇伊
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	得人惜, 卡哇伊
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	得人惜, 卡哇伊
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	得人惜, 卡哇伊
Jin	Taiyuan	粘人, 惜人, 親, 奇特
Northern Min	Jian'ou	好惜, 得人怒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	好疼
Southern Min	Xiamen	得儂疼, 古錐, 古傑
	Quanzhou	得儂疼, 古錐
	Zhangzhou	得儂疼, 得儂惜, 古錐
	Tainan	得儂疼, 得儂惜, 古錐
	Penang (Hokkien)	趣味
	Singapore (Hokkien)	古錐
	Manila (Hokkien)	古錐, 得儂疼
	Datian	得儂惜
	Chaozhou	好惜
	Shantou	好惜, 得儂惜, 可愛
	Jieyang	好惜
	Puning	好惜, 趣味, 可愛
Puxian Min	Putian	見人惜
Puxian Min	Xianyou	見人惜
Wu	Suzhou	討人喜歡
Wu	Wenzhou	有趣, 有趣相
Xiang	Changsha	逗人愛, 帶愛相, 愛人
Xiang	Shuangfeng	帶愛相, 乖

References

“趣味”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
趣	味
しゅ Grade: S	み Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゅみ [shúꜜmì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕɨmʲi]

Noun

趣(しゅ)味(み) • (shumi)

a hobby (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
私(わたし)の趣(しゅ)味(み)は盆栽(ぼんさい)です。
Watashi no shumi wa bonsai desu.
My hobby is bonsai.
- 2013 April 7 [2012 December 9], ONE with Murata, Yusuke, “１撃(げき)目(め)　一撃(げき) [1st Hit: One Hit]”, in [ONEPUNCH-MAN](【ワンパンマン】) [ONE-PUNCH MAN], 6th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, pages 17–19:
  
  何(なに)者(もの)だお前(まえ)は
  Nanimono da omae wa
  Who the hell are you?
  趣(しゅ)味(み)でヒーローをやっている者(もの)だ
  Shumi de hīrō o yatte iru mono da
  Just a guy who does hero stuff as a hobby
  なんだその適(てき)当(とう)な設(せっ)定(てい)は…
  Nan da sono tekitō na settei wa…
  What a half-ass setup…
one's taste (set of preferences)
赤(あか)いセーターは私(わたし)の趣(しゅ)味(み)ではない。
Akai sētā wa watashi no shumi de wa nai.
Red sweaters are not my taste.

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
趣	味

Noun

趣味 • (chwimi) (hangeul 취미)

hanja form^? of 취미 (“hobby”)

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
趣	味
す Grade: S	み Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 趣味 (shumi).

Noun

趣(す)味(み) (sumi)

hobby
taste, preference

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
趣	味

Adjective

趣味

chữ Hán form of thú vị (“enjoyable; interesting”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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Japanese

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