Chinese

好奇

/xɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
curious, inquisitive
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 6

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  • characterChinese好 “good; well”
    • ideaChinese女 “woman; (only of humans in Standard Chinese) female”
    • ideaChinese子 “child; offspring; descendant”
  • characterChinese奇 “strange; odd; weird; unusual”
    • meaningChinese大 “of great size; big; large; huge”
    • soundChinese可 “can; may; be able to”
      • meaningChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
      • soundChinese丂 “the appearance of air which is to be released”
        • componentChinese𠃑
        • componentChinese一 “one”

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