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好奇

hào qí · hao qi

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 3Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. inquisitive
  2. curious
  3. inquisitiveness
  4. curiosity
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Curious about the bag

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)为什么(wèishénme)一直(yīzhí)看(kàn)那个(nàge)包(bāo)？

    Why do you keep looking at that bag?

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)很(hěn)好奇(hàoqí)里面(lǐmiàn)是(shì)什么(shénme)。

    I am very curious what is inside.

  3. Dengdeng

    不是(bùshì)我们(wǒmen)的(de)包(bāo)，别(bié)好奇(hàoqí)了(le)。

    It is not our bag. Stop being curious.

  4. Liangliang

    可是(kěshì)里面(lǐmiàn)有(yǒu)声音(shēngyīn)！

    But there is a sound coming from inside!

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)是(shì)手机(shǒujī)在(zài)响(xiǎng)。现在(xiànzài)不用(bùyòng)好奇(hàoqí)了(le)。

    That is a phone ringing. No need to be curious now.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)太(tài)过(guò)好(hào)奇(qí)，以(yǐ)至(zhì)于(yú)打(dǎ)开(kāi)了(le)盒(hé)子(zi)。

She was so curious that she opened the box.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

孩(hái)子(zi)们(men)好(hào)奇(qí)地(de)围(wéi)着(zhe)那(nà)只(zhī)小(xiǎo)狗(gǒu)看(kàn)。

The children gathered curiously around the puppy to look at it.

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好
hǎo

good; appropriate; proper

奇
jī

odd (number)

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